No longer flagged describes a link that is still on the page, but where the latest check finds nothing to flag. It is not the same as fixed. Nothing was removed or edited, so the honest wording is the one used: the link is there, and the check did not flag it this time.
Why it is kept apart from resolved
Resolved means the link, or its page, has gone. That is a change anyone can confirm. A link that is still there but no longer flagged is different, because the change is in the destination or in the check, and the owner of the page did nothing. A domain may have been renewed, a site may have been cleaned up, or a lookup may have answered differently. Counting it as fixed would claim credit for a change nobody made.
How Link Signals reports it
When a link you marked reviewed is read again and is still on the page but not flagged, its status becomes cleared, with a note giving how it was flagged before and what the check found now. It leaves the open findings but is counted apart from resolved. On a rescan, the same case is shown as “still there”, with a list of what differs where something recorded has changed.
| Page read again shows | Status |
|---|---|
| The link has been removed | Resolved |
| The page no longer exists | Resolved |
| The link is there, not flagged | No longer flagged (cleared) |
| The link is there, still flagged | Reopened |
| The site refused or could not be read | Unchanged, tried again next time |
Common misunderstandings
- A cleared link is not safe for good. If a later check flags it again, it is reopened.
- A check that could not reach the destination does not clear anything. Unreachable, blocked and error results leave the status as it was.
- No longer flagged does not lower the count of fixes in a comparison. It is simply listed separately.
- A link you have chosen to trust is not called no longer flagged either. A rescan lists it as “Trusted by you, so no longer counted”, and does not read its page again, so it says nothing about whether the link is still there.
Questions
Do I need to do anything about it?
Decide whether you still want the link. If the destination changed hands, it is worth looking at before you keep it. See reviewed and resolved.
Will it cost me points in my score?
Only while a check flags it. Once it is not flagged it stops being counted.
Run a scan and find where these show up on your own site.
