Backlinks don't announce when they leave.
A site redesign, a content prune, a domain that quietly went dark. The link that used to point to you is just gone, and unless something is watching for it specifically, the first sign is a lower total months later with no idea which links caused it. Lost Links shows exactly what disappeared and when.
The moments this actually gets used.
Rankings slipped, no obvious reason
- A handful of high-authority links quietly disappeared, and nobody connected the dots until now.
A partner site redesigned
- A long-standing partnership link vanished in a site relaunch nobody flagged to you.
Building an outreach list to win links back
- Needs to know exactly what was lost and how valuable it was, to prioritise who to contact first.
Catch a disappearing link close to when it happens, with enough context to prioritise winning it back.
Tracks every previously active link separately, and flags it as lost with a last-seen date the moment a re-crawl no longer finds it.
What a lost-link entry looks like.
Illustrative figures, not live data.
Last seen 14 days ago. Linking page redesigned; the section the link lived in was removed.
Last seen 31 days ago. Partnership page updated, link no longer present.
Last seen 45 days ago. Domain no longer resolving.
Not silence. A record of what changed.
Separate from active
- Lost links listed apart from the active profile
- Last-seen date per link
- Total lost across any selected time range
Per lost link
- Domain authority of what was lost
- Anchor text the link used to carry
- Link Impact Score, where it was scored before loss
Prioritise & export
- Sorted by authority, highest-value losses first
- Exportable list for reclamation outreach
- Cross-referenced with link velocity trend
What is Lost Link Tracking in SEORCE?
Lost Link Tracking monitors backlinks that were previously active and are no longer detected, listing them separately from the active profile with a last-seen date, the domain authority of what was lost, and, where available, the anchor text and Link Impact Score the link carried before it disappeared. Losses are sorted by authority so reclamation outreach can prioritise the highest-value links first.
Key facts
- Lost links tracked separately from the active backlink profile
- Last-seen date shown per lost link
- Domain authority and prior LIS shown for context
- Sorted by authority, so the highest-value losses surface first
- Cross-referenced against link velocity to spot wider negative trends
- Full list is exportable for reclamation outreach
Last reviewed 20 September 2026 by the SEORCE team.
Frequently asked about lost link tracking.
The linking page was removed or redesigned, the specific link was edited out, the linking domain went offline, or the page now blocks the crawl. SEORCE reports the last-seen date; the underlying cause on someone else's site isn't always visible from a crawl alone.
A redirect-loss link still exists and still points somewhere, just inefficiently, covered on the Page Equity page. A lost link is one that's no longer detected at all on the linking page.
Sometimes, through outreach to the site that removed it, especially if the removal was incidental rather than deliberate. SEORCE surfaces what was lost and its authority so that outreach can be prioritised; it doesn't reach out on your behalf.
On the next crawl of the linking page after the link is removed, since lost-link tracking depends on re-checking previously seen pages, not a fixed schedule independent of the crawl.
Prioritised by the authority and value of what was lost, so reclamation effort goes toward the highest-value links first.
See what you've lost. While it's still worth chasing.
Every disappeared link, tracked separately, with the context you need to prioritise reclamation.