Hi; As we know that if someone want to recover from Penguin, he had to remove bad links either by using Google disavow tool or any other tool. I want to know how to identify bad links? How we decide about the link that is can hurts our ranking? What makes a link bad and good?
@daviddakaraiJun 11.2015 — #Every time you can check the backlinks from which webpage a website getting links, it is relevant to website information or not.
@ronsteauthorJun 11.2015 — #Thanks richardstevens for your comprehensive reply.
I saw one of my website link come from an .edu site with almost 59 DA (Domain Authority) but that was irrelevant to my website. So what you think, I should consider it bad link? Should I remove it?
@alexjames212Jun 17.2015 — #Just keep this in mind that any backlink to your site which does not make much sense with respect to page to page content, title to title, link to link relevancy etc is not a viable backlink or it doesnt make sense in search engines perspective. Even a backlink from .edu or .gov domains are considered useless if it doesnt fall within this category. For instance, you have no use of a .edu backlink when you are running a web development business, (unless you have done something for charity or students of course).
Under “Who Links Most” click “Download Latest Links"
You get a view of your latest inbound links
Look out for:
Non-niche directories with no particular focus or criteria
Non-genuine blog comments with spammy link text
Site-wide links can be a red flag, investigate further
Any sites completely unrelated and irrelevant to your site
Profile links and low quality or spun article links
To remove:
Using Google’s Disavow Tool
Cleansing:
Review your links once or twice a month and focus on the quality of the links you are gaining.
If you see more and more new low quality links, you need to address your current link building strategies before worrying about removal.
Use a template email that you can send out for link removal requests and keep notes on your progress.
Try to build some high quality links. New, good quality links is the best way to dilute older, lower quality links. You may not need to do any removals at all!
Under “Who Links Most” click “Download Latest Links"
You get a view of your latest inbound links
Look out for:
Non-niche directories with no particular focus or criteria
Non-genuine blog comments with spammy link text
Site-wide links can be a red flag, investigate further
Any sites completely unrelated and irrelevant to your site
Profile links and low quality or spun article links
To remove:
Using Google’s Disavow Tool
Cleansing:
Review your links once or twice a month and focus on the quality of the links you are gaining.
If you see more and more new low quality links, you need to address your current link building strategies before worrying about removal.
Use a template email that you can send out for link removal requests and keep notes on your progress.
Try to build some high quality links. New, good quality links is the best way to dilute older, lower quality links. You may not need to do any removals at all![/QUOTE]