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The workflow begins with detection (the monthly monitoring check that catches the loss within weeks — the precondition for everything else) and ends with the client’s report showing the resolution.
The steps: diagnose (removed by the publisher? page deindexed? site gone? link retargeted? — each cause has a different response); attempt recovery where it makes sense (a polite publisher email restores a share of removals, especially accidental ones from redesigns and plugin updates — the relationship makes this work); re-place where recovery fails (a new placement at the same quality floor, aimed at the same target — the guarantee’s substance); verify the replacement (live, correct target, indexed — the same go-live standard as any placement); and record everything (the original’s death date and cause, the replacement’s lineage — the tracker’s audit trail is what makes the guarantee verifiable).
The edge cases the workflow defines in advance: the publisher who’ll restore for a higher fee (the economics belong to the vendor’s margin, not an upsell), the target page that has since changed (the replacement points at the current right page — with the client informed), and the market where re-placement is slow (the honest interim report: detected, in progress, dated). The reporting: removals and their resolutions appear in the monthly pack — visible losses are the difference between a guarantee that operates and a sentence that sits in a contract.
The metric that closes the loop: time-to-replacement, tracked and tuned — because a link lost in March and replaced in September was, economically, never replaced.
See also: Free replacement guarantee, Backlink monitoring and link tracking, Link rot and link churn.
Checklist: Monitoring, Reporting and Guarantee Compliance.
Related service: Brand mentions.
