This guide will reap the benefits of broken backlinks.

The methodologies used in SEO backlinks can be effective, though the ROI is out of your control. Everyone doesn’t respond to email and pitches for new sources. But the good news is, there are some effective link building tactics to control and serve both owners and users which rely on broken backlinks.

What’s your opinion of broken backlinks?

Almost like site’s broken internal links bringing up 4xx client codes, broken backlinks occur when an external link points another domain to a non-existent page. It happens during a URL change or if you add wrong URL. The link rot is the term that so many sites suffers for a long time non- existent of site. We can say you are not alone who experiences link rot and these tactics are discussed among seasoned marketers.

The old backlinks can be valuable for you as the treasure lies through reclamation and outreach efforts where you need to close attention to the broken links pointing to competitors’ and your site.

Broken Links: Reclamation and Building – what’s different?

Broken link reclamation and broken link building are two different things where the reclamation seeks to reclaim the broken links value pointing to your site and broken link building helps you recreate the content that you can replace to competitors’ broken backlinks. Both methods grant more control.  Once you initiate reclamation, the ranked keywords and organic traffic level gets high over the next year.

Here’s how you can make broken link incredibly fruitful:

Broken Backlink Reclamation Process-

Step 1- Analyze backlinks on your site. Make sure whether your site has backlinks are broken or not. You can take help from a tool called “Ahrefs” which lets you review your backlinks pointing to dead one. Login to Ahrefs and analyze your domain.

Step 2- Organize broken backlinks. In the left-hand menu, navigate to “Backlinks” and click on “Broken Links” icon. Here’s the broken backlinks list, hence DR Column to organize the broken backlinks.

Step 3– Choose the broken links accordingly. At first, analyze the external domains listed and see from where the backlink originates, and then decide which backlink is worth pursuing.

Step 4– Regain the broken link value. After the broken backlinks list you put together that you’ll reclaim, you have to review your site and choose the link as ideal replacement.   

Now, proceed below-

• Option A: Contact site owner of said backlink and say them its broken, then give them relevant replacement link to update.
• Option B: if the site owner doesn’t respond, then use redirect to regain the lost link value. You’ll need to set up a 301 redirect to a relevant page.

Broken link building using competitor data-

Step 1- Select a competitor to analyze them in Ahrefs just like shown above.

Step 2-Make a broken backlinks category and review your own site. Now check whether the content matches to the link and seek this link for replace on the third-party site.

Step 3– Provide the perfect replacement content. Like if starts from scratch, review the linking site’s topic and the anchor text, then for your new page, use it as a springboard.

Step 4– Contact the site owner and tell them about the issue, then offer your article as a replacement.

Pay attention to the potential links that affect virtually all sites and could make a big difference in your campaigns.