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Suggested removal of outdated options in SER (Filter & Indexing sections)

verdemuschioverdemuschio Italy
in Feature Requests

Hi Sven,

I’d like to suggest reviewing two options in SER that, in practice, no longer provide real value in modern SEO workflows:

  1. Filter → “Skip submission if the URL/domain is appearing on one of the following blacklists”
    This feature is based on public DNS/host blacklists that are outdated, inconsistent, and often unrelated to SEO quality.
    When enabled, it also slows down the submission process, increases proxy usage, and introduces unnecessary overhead—without offering any real benefit for the final link quality. Since SER already relies on project-level filters (engines, metrics, footprints, etc.), this option has become redundant.

  2. Indexing → “Submit backlink URLs to blog search engines”
    Most of these ping services (Twingly, WeblogUpdates, etc.) are no longer active or no longer used by search engines.
    Submitting to them doesn’t have any measurable impact on indexing anymore. Keeping the option active today only creates extra traffic and adds noise without improving results.

Given that SER has evolved a lot and focuses on more practical indexing options, removing these legacy features could free up UI space and reduce confusion for new users. Those areas could be reused for functions that better reflect current indexing or filtering methods.

Just a suggestion for future versions. Thanks as always for your work on SER.

Best regards.

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