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Why not use a disavow tool?

by gelsi
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Why do people suggest contacting individual webmasters and asking them to remove bad links when the easier route is to disavow them?
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  • Profile picture of the author Arvind Kumar
    Even I did it initially...but Google webmaster tool is useful to remove bad links easily...!!
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    We use it all the time its easy that way.
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  • Profile picture of the author altonroot
    Initially Google's statement said, if you are penalised for bad backlinks through manual action or penguin, try to remove those backlinks first and if some of them you can't get removed due to any reasons then disavow. They will check your efforts to remove links and if they find it is honest then they will process disavow. You can read it here,
    https://www.seroundtable.com/google-...vow-17563.html
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  • Profile picture of the author dipika13
    It is because once you have uploaded disavow file next time we cannot retain any link from same domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author AntRanks
    Google is probably using the data from all those disavow lists. Not all links disavowed are low-quality, some people may disavow links that were obtained not exactly in the ethically right way but the links themselves are okay. This means that if you have okay links yourself on the same domain that someone disavowed and you didn't suffer rankings drop, that someone's disavowal might mean trouble and affect you as well. Use disavow with caution and try to remove links manually.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by gelsi View Post

    Why do people suggest contacting individual webmasters and asking them to remove bad links when the easier route is to disavow them?
    Because there is no guarantee that Google will 'disavow' those links. Google has said they may ignore requests in your disavow file.

    So the best thing to do is to try to have bad links removed.
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  • Profile picture of the author clairelynn23
    If it's essential to get rid of the link (ie: clearly a bad link that would affect your traffic), I'd hire an expert to make sure the backlinks disappear. Otherwise, you might be wasting time waiting to see if what you tried on your own (disavow) actually works. Then, if it turns out it did not, you've lost time and money.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by clairelynn23 View Post

      If it's essential to get rid of the link (ie: clearly a bad link that would affect your traffic), I'd hire an expert to make sure the backlinks disappear. Otherwise, you might be wasting time waiting to see if what you tried on your own (disavow) actually works. Then, if it turns out it did not, you've lost time and money.
      There is no need to hire an "expert" to remove a link. There is nothing special or magical about the process. You just contact the site owner or administrator and ask for its removal. That's it.
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  • Profile picture of the author deepakrajput
    But Manual way to contact the webmasters to remove bad links of your site is more effective than Disavow tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    If you actually feel a need to use disavow, then you are too far gone. Google even gives a subtle nod to this.

    It gives people something to feel good about. Google is tired of people asking about nonsense, so they send them on what is essentially a cyber snipe hunt. Gives webmasters a sense that they are doing something.....

    Like the hamster in the wheel. He swears he's getting somewhere but going nowhere fast. Like the disavow tool, this hamster would have to run 100+MPH, jump that wheel off the axle and break through the cage....then he'd get somewhere. What are the chances of that happening? Ditto with disavow.

    Many webmasters are still doing the disavow hamster wheel.

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  • Profile picture of the author Sclark
    Google says explicitly that you should do as much work as you can to remove the link, and only then disavow the ones you cannot progress with. There`s indeed no 100% guarantee that Google will take your disavow file into account. Well, it also says that it can assess which links to trust on its own, but it won`t hurt to try contacting the site owner and to ask for link removal.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anis Chity
    You can disavow that bad links, that's something I'd do, but I'd also make an effort to contact the person linking to me, just in case, you know Google may not approve some of your disavowed links.
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