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My backlinks are not indexing , Added in the link tracking list too
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I have waited for three days to index my backlinks on moz but still they are not indexed in moz backlink index
How to index backlinks in moz so that I can track all are ok ?
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I have the same problem. I did a lot of backlinks those last weeks and my ranking is still the same.
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I am waiting for months
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Hi esdda8111
I am also facing the same problem. Have u got an answer to that question. If yes could you please share with me
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I am not an expert and I am a poor link builder and I do not have any knowledge on link building , I can see my backlinks are indexed in google and ahref and semrush but not in Moz now guide me dear.
i agree I have zero knowledge in seo so now tell me how to index them in moz when link tracking list is not working since a week.
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I have already mentioned ,I have added the links in link tracking list one week ago also the links are being indexed in ahref already then why moz is so slow ?
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Hi there,
Sam from Moz's Help team here!
After being found, newly discovered links have the ability to be populated into our index in about 3 days. However, there are a lot of factors which can affect our ability to find and index links to your site. It's important to note that we are always adding new data to our index, but it may take some time for us to discover backlinks to your site based on factors like crawlability of the referring pages, quality of the links and the referring pages, and more.
If you are not seeing links that you know you have, you may want to make sure that they can be indexed. It is also a good idea to check to see if we've indexed the page on which that link is found. If we haven't indexed the referring page yet, you won't see your link in our index
You can also add links to Link Tracking Lists. Once you add a link to your tracking lists we will add that page to be crawled. As long as it is accessible to our crawler, you should see the link in our index as soon as we can index those pages.
Lastly, I have a great guide here with some things to check around why we may not have found your links yet: https://moz.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/moz-isnt-finding-your-links
I hope this helps — let me know if you have any further questions!
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A couple of things 8111:
You're going to have to give it some time. Link building is not a process measured in days or weeks. Even months can go by before a specific page with a link gets crawled. In fact, some links are never crawled if it is on a very low quality page. Just for those reasons, the mind of a link builder is always looking forward to find the next high quality link, not looking back to see if a three-day old link is having an effect on their site's ranking.
As a qualified link builder, you really should already know if the link is OK or not. Moz is great for organizing and reporting on all your back links for you, but as the link builder should already have a good idea of their value by virtue of the page they're on. If that's not the case, my friend, you should spend your time building up your knowledge of the topic before you actually build more links. You could end up hurting your site or a clients, if you don't.
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