Link reclamation is the process of recovering backlink value that has been lost or is currently inaccessible — for example, links pointing to pages that now return 404 errors, links that have been incorrectly nofollowed, or links that reference an outdated domain. The most common task is identifying inbound links to deleted or moved pages and either restoring the target page, setting up a 301 redirect to the correct destination, or contacting the linking site to update the URL. Tools like Ahrefs and Semrush can export all inbound links alongside their HTTP status codes, making it straightforward to find broken links at scale. Link reclamation is considered a high-ROI activity because the links already exist and point to the domain — recovering them requires no new outreach or content creation.