Link Reclamation: How to Recover Lost Backlinks (2026)
Short answer: Link reclamation is the process of finding backlinks that were removed, broken, redirected, or pointed at the wrong URL, then recovering the useful ones. Start with a dated export from Google Search Console and a backlink database, confirm the source page still exists, and choose the smallest fix: restore the destination, add a redirect, or ask the publisher to update the link.












































