Link profile
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Hi All,
I am doing a link profile audit
I have few questions
1. Should i stop worrying about backlinks that i once had and now the websites is down or page is 404
2. The link is nofollow
Also i have 60% of my site links few root link and many articles/blogs links pasted in sites without any anchor text, should i worry about them?
Thanks
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1. Yes, worry. 301 those old page to your new page or new web site.
2. I don't know if this is a question but I'm assuming you're talking about the links from the first question and whether they are meaningful. I say yes. Nofollow links are a critical component to a solid link profile.3. I would not worry about this. Again, a natural link profile will have anchor text that is not ideal.
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1. Should i stop worrying about backlinks that i once had and now the websites is down or page is 404
- I would, because if it's a lot then you lost a lot of links there. Usually a sign of blog networks
2. The link is nofollow
- No problem with this one
3. Also i have 60% of my site links few root link and many articles/blogs links pasted in sites without any anchor text, should i worry about them?
- copied? Scraper sites are natural, the important part is that you keep track of them. If it gets out of hand, be prepared to disavow them or email them to remove them
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Mttompsons, Google does not or should not "index" pages that return a 404, which means the page is not there.
What I mean by should not index, is that there is an instance where the old page is still in the index and from what I read that site will be dropped next time Google goes to try to reach/crawl that URL.
Links without anchor text = hidden link (regular user cannot see it, but the link is still in the code) so yes you should worry about it, and remove if you can.
If you are wondering why they are there? Someone may have tried to remove the link and instead just removed the anchor text leaving the link.
If you are wondering how to search for these links, search for ">" and "> " might be a good start
Hope this helps
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