External links cannot be found
-
HI, we have a relatively new website, and we know that there are a couple of external links to this site. But in Moz and in KWfinder, it says that there are no backlinks. We do not use robot.txt or noindex, and we have no clue how to make crawlers find the external links so that our DA will be enhanced. Anyone a solution?
Marielle
-
Hi Marielle,
That Moz or other external tools don't show external links to your website doesn't mean a lot actually. They don't have a 100% coverage of the entire web for sure and things don't happen immediately. It takes time...They don't/can't crawl the web the same way e.g. Google does, so their view will always be incomplete. They actually say that they focus on quality rather than quantity....
It depends on the the country (TLD: .nl?, .com?, ...), importance/popularity of the linking website/your site, etc.
Look it up on The Google Search Console - Search Traffic - Links to your Site. I guess you will be able to see the linking sites earlier or later there but again this could take time. Google hast to crawl the linking website - connect it to your site and show it on Google Search Console. This can easily take weeks to happen.
Cheers,
Cesare
-
Hi Marielle,
Why do you want to "enhance your DA"? It is not associated with Google and has no impact on your rankings or traffic - it is a third party metric.
With a new website, it might take Moz a couple of months to crawl links to your site and start reporting on your DA, but it honestly doesn't matter.
It's better to focus on real metrics from Google Analytics or Google Search Console.
Cheers,
David
-
oh and the website is https://fueld.nl
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Disavow links from legit sites but have spammy link profiles?
I'm currently doing a backlink audit for our site with a LOT of backlinks. Some of the linking sites are legitimate business websites in our industry who have linked to us for a totally legitimate reason (we have good content!). However, these businesses themselves have a spammy backlink profile—that is, the only sites linking to that site are obvious link farm sites. Here is an illustration: spammyseolinks.com; payforseo.xyz; blackhat.ru ==all link to==> legitbusiness.com ==links to==> mysite.com Should I disavow this backlink? I guess it's not really giving me much SEO worth since it surely been branded a spammy junk domain, but then again, it's a real website that we've earned a link from because we're doing stuff the right way. Is it hurting or helping me?
Link Building | | THandorf0 -
Who should I reach out to for external links?
As a web designer, who should I reach out to for external links, other than former clients?
Link Building | | IntentioDesigns0 -
My website has no links to it at all :(
I paid good money for a company to build me a website, I just put my domain into open site explorer and I have no links at all, how do I get links to other domains etc ? Thanks for any help -James
Link Building | | Stoz0 -
Link Campaign
I need to put together a link campaign, but am a new SEO in training. Any recommendations on how to start, even if it's just read certain articles or watch certain videos? Your help is appreciated!
Link Building | | cbeuoy0 -
What is the difference between external followed links and internal followed links.
I have almost 3,000 external links followed and only a tiny amount of internal followed links. My website is doing really badly on google at the mo. I am also an SEO beginner and learning new stuff every day, but am not sure exactly what the difference is! Thanks!
Link Building | | heleni0 -
Where do you buy your links from
OK which brokers / sites do you use to buy your links or gain links from and why.
Link Building | | therealmarkhall0 -
What link would be better?
Okay, I found a niche blog that has a google PR6. They have a ton of dollow blogroll links, as well as a ton of internal links on homepage. Would I be better off getting the blogroll link? Getting a link in an existing post with a lower PR? Getting an advertiorial written with a link in it? I just don't know. It has a domain authority of 33 currently. It's not a cheap link for blogroll. The in-post, or advertorial isn't too bad, but not cheap either. Thanks in advance.
Link Building | | azguy0