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I am trying to find how to adjust the settings for external links. I have over 400 links that are not being crawled. How can i adjust this setting?
I found the information in Ahrefs > Dashboard > Link settings
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
Could you please share the affected URL where the external links are crawled so we can check and advise accordingly?
Also, please share the report you have from Ahrefs about them. You can use this tool to upload screenshots and add the generated links here.
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
https://imgur.com/a/x8iZms4
This snippet shows the number of external links not craweled. I have a full of the ones not crawled in an Excel spreadsheet.Hello,
Please share some of the affected links here so we can take a closer look at them.
You may share the Excel report here with us using this handy tool: https://wetransfer.com/
Looking forward to helping you.
I just sent the external links via the app you sent me.
Hello,
Can you please confirm if you uploaded it to Wetransfer and enabled link sharing? If so, please share the link here.
If you are using share via email, please send the file here: s******@r***********
We really look forward to hearing back from you. Thank you.
I replied to the support email with my CSV.
Hello,
Thanks for your reply. We appreciate your patience and cooperation. We checked the CSV file you sent us and we think there is some confusion about the report you are looking at. Let us clarify what it means and how it affects your site.
The report you are seeing is from Ahrefs, a tool that analyzes your site and gives you insights on how to improve it. It is not related to Google or how Google crawls your site. Ahrefs has its own crawler called SiteAuditBot, which scans your site and checks for any issues or opportunities.
One of the things SiteAuditBot does is to look at the links on your site, both internal and external. Internal links are the ones that point to other pages on your site, while external links are the ones that point to other websites. SiteAuditBot tells you if any of these links are broken, meaning they lead to a page that does not exist or returns an error.
The “Internal” dropdown on your screenshot shows you the status of your internal links, while the “External” tab shows you the status of your external links. The “Not crawled” option under the “External” tab shows you how many external links SiteAuditBot did not scan for some reason. The “Do follow” option shows you how many external links are set to dofollow.
The URLs you mentioned that were not crawled are external URLs that SiteAuditBot skipped. According to the CSV file, the reason they were not crawled was “Ignored by settings”. This probably means that you have a setting in Ahrefs that tells SiteAuditBot not to crawl external URLs. This is not a problem for your SEO, as it does not affect how Google sees your site or your links. It is just a preference for how Ahrefs scans your site.
To learn more about this report and what it means, you can read this article from Ahrefs. It explains how to use their Site Audit tool and what each metric means. You can also contact their support team at
s******@a*********
if you have any questions or issues with their tool. They can also help you change the setting that prevents SiteAuditBot from crawling external URLs, if you want.We hope this clears up the confusion and helps you understand what’s going on with your site and your links. If you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know. We’re always here to help.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math. Have a fantastic day!
thx
Hello again,
You’re welcome. We are glad to hear that this issue has been resolved, thank you for letting us know. This ticket will be closed now, but you can always open a new one if you have any other questions or concerns. We are here to help you with anything related to Rank Math.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation throughout this process.
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