Old Incoming Links Redirected to new pages are not Being Factored on the Open Site Explorer

[costarica.com]

Hi,

My website has been online since 1994.  We have old links pointing to pages that no longer exist so what we have done is to create redirects to the specific page where the content is being displayed now.

However, when we use the Open Site Explorer, the linking root domains do not show those sites that contain old links pointing to our domain.  One good example of this one is:  dmoz.org.

Am I improperly handling the redirects?  Or, what do I have to do so that old links that are being redirected to the new pages where the information is are accounted when calculating domain authority and trust?

Thanks,

Alex

[ifluidmedia]

Hi Alex,

The fact that the links dont show in open explorer is nothing to worry about. For years using the link: command in search engines has not shown links pointing to pages that are being redirected, I assume its the same with this tool.

You can use a tool like this: http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/ to check whether your 301's are set up correctly. If they are, then any link weight that would be passed, will be.

[glennfriesen]

I landed at the same place: unable to record all the legacy links being directed through my redirects, while definitely benefiting from them.