Recovered-Link Decay Monitor

Recovered-Link Decay Monitor
A placed link is not a permanent link. Watch it.
1 — Log every placed link's URL and target in a monitor sheet.
2 — Schedule a status check on each placed link every 30 days.
3 — Trigger: link removed or redirected? Open a re-pitch ticket within 48h.
4 — Trigger: linking page itself 404s? Move target to competitor-mining queue, the equity moved on.
5 — QA gate: monthly review confirms the monitor ran on 100% of placed links.
Automation fits at step 2 — a cron job checks all placed links and alerts only on changes.
Definition of done: every placed link is under active 30-day monitoring, with removals ticketed inside two days.