Reinstating Backlinks for Website

How do I get credit for lost backlinks with Google?

[Trail Finder]

I have two websites that have a good number of backlinks (around 1000 backlinks). Both were started in 1995 and 1996 and were fairly popular at the time. I have never let the domains expire, nor have I ever transfered the domains.

However, for a period of time I pointed these domains to another website (to help get it off the ground). But I have since stopped doing that, making the original sites available again.

I recently noticed that Google is not giving me credit for most of the backlinks earned for both of these older sites. I'm guessing that these backlinks were erased when I pointed the domain to my other website.

Is there anyway to regain credit for these links? I have already submitted a request to [e-mail]. I mostly got cookie cutter responses that haven't been of much help.

Thanks for your response.

[abbeyvet]

I recently noticed that Google is not giving me credit for most of the backlinks earned for both of these older sites.

I am not sure what you mean by not "giving you credit".

Do you mean they do not show up when you do a link: search on Google? If so, that is meaningless and has not been accurate for a very long time.

Or do you mean you are not getting the PR you expect? That too is difficult to attach any meaning too, as the visible PR is not necessarily the effective PR, nor is it very up to date.

[Trail Finder]

By not giving me credit for the backlinks, I mean that doing a "link:www.sitename.com" query on Google isn't showing hardly any backlinks, which it should show 1,000+.

I understand that this isn't the most reliable way to determine the number of backlinks to a site, but it's concerning me that they show just a few when I know it's over 1,000.

If Google is that unreliable, then I guess I can't get to concerned over it. But the discrepency is staggering, so I'm concerned that something is wrong.