Backlinks Saver
Backlinks Saver helps you save the link juice from existing backlinks to non-existent pages on your site by redirecting them to the home page with 301 …
The facts
- Rating
- 4.2★ from 5
- Active installs
- 3k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Sep 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 4.2.39
- Downloads
- 67,065
Our analysis
AI-assistedBacklinks Saver is a WordPress plugin designed to help preserve the value of backlinks when changes are made to your site. It redirects links from non-existent pages to the homepage using a 301 status code, which is beneficial for SEO by ensuring that backlinks still count towards your site's authority.
This plugin is particularly useful for site owners who frequently modify permalink structures or delete pages, as these actions can lead to 404 errors for existing backlinks. By redirecting these links, Backlinks Saver aims to maintain the integrity of your site's backlink profile.
Best for: This plugin suits website owners looking to maintain their SEO performance during site changes.
What it does well
- ✓Redirects non-existent page backlinks to the homepage
- ✓Helps preserve SEO value of backlinks
- ✓Simplified version of an older SEO plugin
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Redirection does not work with the default permalink structure
- •Limited support options available
Verdict
Backlinks Saver offers a straightforward solution for preserving backlinks, but its effectiveness is limited by permalink settings and support availability.
From the developer
Nimrod Flores's own description of Backlinks Saver, lightly tidied.
Based on the greatly useful (for SEO) but long outdated plugin “Link Juice Keeper”, Backlinks Saver is an updated and simplified version of that SEO plugin. It helps you save the link juice from existing backlinks to non-existent pages on your site by redirecting them to the home page with 301 status code.
If you are optimizing your site for the search engines, you must already know that backlinks are very important and you should make each and every one of them count. But sometimes we make changes to our sites that make some backlinks worthless, changes like:
- Changing the Permalinks Structure for the whole site
- Changing the Permalink of a certain page/post
- Deleting a page/post
The above changes will lead to backlinks being sent to 404 error pages, which tells the search engine bots that those pages don’t exist on your site anymore, so your backlinks to those pages won’t be counted. But with Backlinks Saver, the links will be sent to the homepage so that they will still count for your domain.
For questions and support, please post them at the plugin page. I can’t provide quick help if you post your questions in the forum as I am not always in the forums.
Important Note: The redirection will not work if you are using the WordPress default permalinks structure. ie: http://www.yoursite.com/?p=123
Make sure you use any of the other options for permalink structure.