How do I get my unindexed links indexed?
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I've been building links consistently to our site for the past three months. At first, some of my tactics were rather shady. As I learned more, I started to get more quality links. I have noticed that a very small percentage of my active links are currently indexed.
- Should I do something to get these older links indexed or just keep building new links?
- Will building shady links to unindexed links get them indexed? Will this get my site penalized?
- Does pinging help? What resource should I use to ping these unindexed links?
Forgive me if this is a really basic question. I'm still learning the ropes.
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Thanks Stephen.
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Thanks for the detailed response. I had a feeling the answer would more or less be "get quality links." It's kind of a bummer to think that all that time I spent creating or buying those junky links has gone to waste. I guess it's all part of the learning process.
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I have a clean main site that I use to link to unindexed pages with links on. Google picks up those pages by following the links from my clean site
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Your earlier shady links, if they are from really junky sites, might not ever be indexed. Sites that are full of junk like that do get dropped from the index, or they may be indexed but don't pass on any link value. You could check to see if those are indexed by doing a Google search for the url with "site:" in front of it like "site:http://www.shadylinksite.com/shadylinkpage.html" You could also try checking their PageRank. If it is 0, don't bother trying. Even if it isn't 0, it could be that Google has decided not to pass any "link juice through them.
If the page where you link is doesn't show up, do the same with just the site's home page to see if the whole site is banned.
It probably isn't worth the trouble, really.
I wouldn't waste time getting more bad links to point to your fist batch of bad links. Google will find them eventually if they are not already dropped from the index. Actually, you probably shouldn't call attention to them if they are particularly shady.
If you are absolutely intent on getting those old junk links indexed, you could try pinging with something like linklicious. I have't used it as I have no need for that sort of thing, but I have seen it recommended here and elsewhere so I assume it is probably useful in some way.
To sum up, I think your time would be better spent working on your site's content and getting some good quality links.
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