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(Entry was posted by Julio Marquez on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/02/2015).

While checking my backlinks on GWMT, I still get some links that have been removed some time ago and are 404.

Hello Dear Seo Questions community.I wish a best success for every one during this new year. I have little question for you , i m using ahrefs service to check my backlinks however other competitor web sites .I noticed that the service still count some spammy backlinks i have d already remove by contacting web site admins.in addition i face the same issue with Google web master Tool also while i check my backlinks i still get some link that is removed from long time ago and are not found completely  on targeted web sites code source.The backlinks i have removed are coming from updated web sites and i m sure that most spiders including the one for Google will take in consideration any changes on those site.May i have your suggestions about that.Kindly let me know about the pinging procedure Too, i have heard about that term in many blogs so if possible discuss much more about the this term including
1 definition
2 why and when it should be used
3 does it effected the we pages crawling.
May this can help many other members her.

Thank you and best regards?
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  • Julio Marquez: Hello Dear Seo Questions community.I wish a best success for every one during this new year. I have little question for you ,i m using ahrefs service to check my backlinks however other competitor web sites .I noticed that the service still count some spammy backlinks i have d already remove by contacting web site admins.in addition i face the same issue with Google web master Tool also while i check my backlinks i still get some link that is removed from long time ago and are not found completely  ;on targeted web sites code source.The backlinks i have removed are coming from updated web sites and i m sure that most spiders including the one for Google will take in consideration any changes on those site.May i have your suggestions about that.Kindly let me know about the pinging procedure Too, i have heard about that term in many blogs so if possible discuss much more about the this term including
    1 definition
    2 why and when it should be used
    3 does it effected the we pages crawling.
    May this can help many other members her.

    Thank you and best regards

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/02/2015).