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Why moz and ahrefs reported a remove link that is exist?
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Hi
in last few days I checked my website in moz link explorer and ahrefs and it showed lots of my backlink as removed! But when I checked this on the browser its OK
is there any problem with these tools? Anyone has this problem?
Thanks
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Hi there,
Sam from Moz's Help Team here!
So, it’s important to note that the data you’re seeing in Link Explorer is based on when we last crawled a link. This means that if a link is removed or altered after the last time we crawled it, it will still be marked as active until we attempt to recrawl that link again.
You can see the date we last crawled a link by exporting a CSV from the Inbound Links section. In the CSV there will be a column for when we first discovered the link and a column for when we last crawled that link. If you’re not finding a link we’re reporting as discovered on a particular page, I would recommend looking to see when we last crawled that link. Although new link data is added to our index everyday, we currently try to re-crawl all high-quality pages at least every 90 days. Most links in the index come from pages that were crawled less than 6 months ago.
Once we attempt to recrawl those links, if we’re not able to find them or crawl them, they will then be marked as lost in your Link Explorer report.
You can read more about Discovered and Lost links in our Help Hub!
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There are a couple reasons this can happen! It can mean the Moz/ahrefs crawlers attempted to recrawl that link and weren't able to. (It doesn’t necessarily mean the link has actually been removed, just that they couldn't find it on that crawl attempt.)
Arefs has a good guide here for understanding "lost" links that you're still seeing. You may be able to identify the issue and get it fixed: https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/816350-why-does-ahrefs-report-a-backlink-as-lost-if-i-still-see-it-on-a-page
Moz also has a resource that can help with getting the crawlers. See their FAQ on "Why was my link lost?" https://moz.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/discovered-and-lost
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Hello,
What do you mean by when I checked this on the browser its OK?Keep in mind that these two backlink checker tool have their own way of checking and analyzing backlinks. There is a huge possibility that when their robot checked those websites your links weren't there or there were some other parameters, tag or anything that make the tool think these links were removed or shouldn't be counted anymore.
Also, another point to consider is that ahrefs and Moz are private tools that try to imitate how the google algorithm sees backlinks. By no means, you should consider what they show as the last word.
Hope it helps.
Best luck.
Gaston
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