Webmaster Tools Links Gone

by mejohn
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Anybody else experience that all old links to their website on Webmaster tools were erased recently? I checked not too long ago for one of my sites & had thousands of links, but now have only 38 registered.

Anyone?
#links #tools #webmaster
  • Profile picture of the author alternatesword
    actually there's no guarantee that all your links are alive lifelong, when the links removed/linking page dies, the webmaster tools automatically remove it from "links to your website" list.
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  • Profile picture of the author mejohn
    What happened to me is that they all went away suddenly. Also, my home page was replaced in Google by one of my sub-pages.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cosmit
      Originally Posted by mejohn View Post

      What happened to me is that they all went away suddenly. Also, my home page was replaced in Google by one of my sub-pages.
      If the link drop occured in other tools that means your links simply got removed. Otherwise it's Google either hiding or flagging your links as spam. If a homepage gets replaced by one of your other pages.. that means you have a lot more inlinks pointing to the page than your actual home page.
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      • Profile picture of the author IntegratedS
        Originally Posted by Cosmit View Post

        If the link drop occured in other tools that means your links simply got removed. Otherwise it's Google either hiding or flagging your links as spam. If a homepage gets replaced by one of your other pages.. that means you have a lot more inlinks pointing to the page than your actual home page.


        I have also faced the same thing but I think that the inner page comes for a temporary phase and again main page re appears.
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  • Profile picture of the author VitalMastering
    YESSS!!! Literally ALL of my links disappeared suddenly!! Even ones that are coming from my other websites, so they are definitely there, and definitely not spam. My rankings have not dropped...yet. But I'm pretty worried. I have no clue whats going on. Is anyone else experiencing this??
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  • Profile picture of the author danielthomas
    Me too lost a lot of back links from my Webmaster tools account. Domains from which i got 20k back links are not even available in the entire linked domains list.
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  • Profile picture of the author EJSEO
    Looks like it is just a glitch with GWT, I was quite pleased to see all our crappy links gone as well! Google Webmaster Tools Links to Your Site Count Drops
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    Are people seeing the link drop impact their rankings?
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    • Profile picture of the author nexblanc01
      Originally Posted by HorseStall View Post

      Are people seeing the link drop impact their rankings?
      no all my links are gone form my home page and 70 percent of my inner pages which had about 5000 and 250 domains and my site actually went up in the search.
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  • Profile picture of the author mamadou
    Same problem here , probably (Hopefully!) it's a bug and will be fixed soon.
    check this Article out
    Google Webmaster Tools Links to Your Site Count Drops
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  • Profile picture of the author Helkat
    Yes, I lost like half a week ago, and today I was down to 10. Ten.

    I haven't seen much change with rankings yet, but it makes me worried.
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  • Profile picture of the author kevinw83
    Its a glitch, google no about it, i have lost loads of links but my rankings are not effected yet.....
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  • Profile picture of the author Green Moon
    It almost certainly is just a reporting issue in Webmaster Tools. Whether it is a bug or simply a change in what links are shown, it shouldn't affect the search engine rankings.
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  • Profile picture of the author sijugk
    I too experience the same issue. Most of the old backlinks are gone in webmaster tools. I have not noticed any SERP change yet!!
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  • Profile picture of the author nexblanc01
    You know what's odd Google isn't saying anything about this, maybe were in for a surprise. I hope its a good surprise cause I got hit pretty hard with the penguin on the October 5th update. I was very upset
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  • Profile picture of the author IntegratedS
    Originally Posted by mejohn View Post

    Anybody else experience that all old links to their website on Webmaster tools were erased recently? I checked not too long ago for one of my sites & had thousands of links, but now have only 38 registered.

    Anyone?


    Here is the reply for all the forum mates:-

    Nothing to worry about as they say


    Webmaster Help Forum Announcements: Known issue: links to your site data issues
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  • Profile picture of the author Extensity
    I had the same issue for my sites. All the links are showing in google webmaster tools again today.
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  • Profile picture of the author shonny
    Originally Posted by mejohn View Post

    Anybody else experience that all old links to their website on Webmaster tools were erased recently? I checked not too long ago for one of my sites & had thousands of links, but now have only 38 registered.

    Anyone?
    I am not sure what might be happening but it seems as if everyone has been affected. We just have to wait and hope is a bug or something of sort.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    Yes, it is really too difficult to understand what Google is doing these days, it may be any penalization as well.
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