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    • Arieabseo
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      90% of backlinks claimed by moz to be lost are not.

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      • Ghufran.Pervaiz
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        Moz may be bad at finding lost backlinks because of its limited crawl rate, inability to access all backlinks, and difficulty identifying all backlinks as lost.

        To find lost backlinks, you can use multiple backlink analysis tools, Google Search Console, a backlink monitoring tool, and manually review your backlink profile.

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        • StaceyWoensdregt
          Stacey Rowan Woensdregt @Arieabseo last edited by

          @Arieabseo Moz is not bad at finding these. If they are lost of don't exist its because the backlinks have not been properly performed or removed. So check with the sites where the backlink exist and check. If they are there, that website needs to ensure they backlink properly.

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