A redesigned link view should improve investigation, not simply reorganise counts. Check definitions and evidence before replacing reporting or outreach processes. This is not a Gavek release announcement.
Test representative link questions
Distinguish a new discovery from a newly created link, and missing data from an actually deleted page. Include redirects and changed destinations. Save the underlying page evidence instead of trusting provider status labels alone.
Compare views with exports
Check domain scope, dates, link status and grouping in both screen and export. Colleagues need enough context to reproduce a finding. Add a documented handover step when exported data omits necessary definitions.
Adopt one routine first
Move one recurring review task and compare accuracy and investigation time. Keep ambiguous cases in an issue log. Important recovery emails should wait until someone has checked the real source page.
Check the handover to outreach
An investigation should end with an evidence-backed decision: ignore, monitor, correct your own destination or contact a relevant publisher. Record which condition justifies contact. A cleaner interface should not become a reason to send more speculative recovery messages.
Put the method to work
Illustrative review: five supposedly lost links include two redirected pages, one removed link and two stale observations. The team records different conditions instead of sending five identical recovery requests.
Your next steps
- Select links with varied statuses.
- Match export and screen definitions.
- Verify important loss claims manually.
Questions & answers
Are discovery dates publication dates?
Not necessarily. A provider may discover a link long after it was created.
Is a new Gavek backlink workspace available?
No proprietary backlink workspace is announced here. This is an evaluation guide for tools and service workflows.
Documentation & further reading
- support.google.com · › webmasters › answer › 9049606
- developers.google.com · › search › docs › crawling-indexing › 301-redirects
- developers.google.com · › search › docs › crawling-indexing › site-move-with-url-changes
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