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Our site received a great link from URL A, which was syndicated to URL B. But URL B is canonicalized to URL A. Does the link on URL B pass juice to my site?

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Thanks for the suggestion, Dennis. It's been awhile since I last used Scrapebox. They published a nice video on youtube discussing how to check Google indexed using Scrapebox.

I finished the index check task using the monitor backlinks software mentioned above previously. It was nice to see more link metrics other than yes/no, but Scrapebox would definitely do the job.

Just an update.

I decided to try out this software for my purposes - https://blog.monitorbacklinks.com/seo-questions/check-backlinks-indexed-google/

Yes, I should have mentioned that initially. I have a list of 300 or so.

I would like to check to see which backlink urls are indexed in Google. Is there a tool that can automate this work or will I have to do it manually?

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!

Both are good ideas. Thank you!

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.

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?

Thanks for responding, Bruce! I appreciate your input.

I've sold multiple high-traffic websites in the past and the organic search traffic / rankings of those sites remain solid even up to this day. And, in those cases, no special precautions were taken during the transfer. However, they were not redirected to another domain either.

My thought is that if I buy the domain I am interested and wait awhile for a Pagerank update or two, it may be safe to redirect to my money domain. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Hello,

I'm interested in learning how to assume ownership of a site without Google resetting the PageRank and the links back to zero. I've read that buying sites is one of the most powerful SEO "shortcuts" you can employ, but can be tricky.

I've heard that, unfortunately, buying an existing domain and 301 redirecting for SEO credit is not that simple. When the WHOIS registration information on the newly purchased domain is updated to reflect its transfer to you, the new owner, that domain will almost immediately be reset by Google to a PageRank=0. That's the standard practice when a domain changes hands. Since Google is a domain registrar, obviously, change of ownership information is readily available for their use in factoring it into their algorithms.

If you decide to 301 redirect the new domain to another domain you already own, you will get credit for the site's current incoming link profile, at least in the short-term. However, this purchased domain will eventually reset to PR=0 (usually during the next PageRank update) AND you will then get no credit for all of those links post-transfer.

What is your experience with buying and redirecting domains?

Decided upon http://monitorbacklinks.com and am happy thus far. Great support and accurate backlink data. Their advanced report feature uses the ahrefs api.

I'd like to receive alerts for new backlinks to my site and monitor all current backlinks to ensure they do not get removed or changed. Can you recommend some good options for this?

We publish really solid content on our blog, but are having trouble acquiring comments and subscribers due to the dull nature of our industry.  So we are considering dofollowing blog comments as incentive.  Of course, the comment will be moderated.  Do you think this is a good idea?

I wonder if it has anything to do with semantics?

Main account:

Broad Match, Local Volume

shape magnets - 2400

shaped magnets - 2400

Other account:

Broad Match, Local Volume

shape magnets - 3600

shaped magnets - 1900

Yes. I've used this tool thousands of times over the past few years and have made sure all settings are similar across the board.

Google Adwords Keyword Tool is showing different data for the same keywords.

Broad Match

Local Search Volume is 2400 apiece logged in from my main account.

Local Search Volume 3600 and 1900 logged in from a different account.

Can anybody explain this?  I have screenshot of both.

Hey, thanks for the reply Nakul

The current link profile is anything but natural and is the main cause of our penalty woes.  We are now in the painstaking process of removing as many as possible.

What is the reasoning behind your opinion?  Do you think that using multiple sites can possibly hinder our RR?  Or, will a larger profile on one property be the most beneficial option?