Do you have a simple solution or easy way to allow Google bots to crawl my site for backlinks?
A person has to sign into my site to get access.
Can your review the email that a partner sent me below. I don't understand the technical part and the link they sent.
Hey Louis,
I ran this by one of our SEO specialist teams and this is what they said back to me:
Since the user has to log in, Google cannot see/crawl backlinks.
Normally, posting a link to a site would count as a backlink, but since Googlebots do not crawl paywalled content / content hidden behind a login screen, Google won’t be able to crawl the backlink profile. You can, however, add schema and whitelist the bot so it can crawl without needing to log in.
They also sent me this article to check out:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/paywalled-content#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20Goo[…]to,a%20URL%20on%20your%20site
My email sent to them:
.....I have a fitness social network that people have to sign into to get access. For video posts, I allow people to post/embed their YouTube links. If someone posts 10 YouTube links on my social network, can this enhance this person's YouTube SEO ranking?
Also, since my website isn't open to the public, meaning, you have to sign-in, are these backlinks visible to be recognized as backlinks for YouTube/Google?