Forcing Google to Crawl a Backlink URL

[Choice]

I was surprised that I couldn't find much info on this topic, considering that Googlebot must crawl a backlink url in order to process a disavow request (ie Penguin recovery and reconsideration requests).

My trouble is that we recently received a great backlink from a buried page on a .gov domain and the page has yet to be crawled after 4 months. What is the best way to nudge Googlebot into crawling the url and discovering our link?

[RangeMarketing]

You could try the URL submit tool: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url

[Choice]

Thanks for the suggestion! But I should have mentioned in the original post that I've submitted twice via Submit URL form and the url has yet to show up in Latest Links in Webmaster Tools.

[RangeMarketing]

Ahhhh, that's a bummer.

Well, you could try to submit a URL from the .gov site that isn't as buried but links to the URL you want crawled.

You could try emailing someone that manages the website, giving them a helpful reminder that they have quality pages not being indexed regularly by Google

Good luck!

[Choice]

Both are good ideas. Thank you!

[TheeDigital]

You might try pinging the site out or just building a link to the site.

[Choice]

Appreciate the ideas. I am considering pointing a link at it, but this requires a little more thought and effort to do so ethically. But, at this point, it's probably my best option. Thanks!

[RangeMarketing]

No problem!