Suspicious Links in Google Webmaster Tools

[hfranz]

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[brycebertola]

Links like that don't hurt you, but they probably aren't doing you any good either. I wouldn't worry too much about them.

The types of links I would be worried about are ones that come from foreign sites, pharmacies, free poker sites, etc. that are obviously spam sites.

[RyanKent]

Based on the site names, my impression is the links offer no value. I looked at the first site and it is a free directory. I looked at the last site and it seems to be a below average blog. These links are unlikely to add any value to your site. On the negative side, these links will increase your DA giving you the impression they have value, and it makes any link analysis of your site more difficult because you need to sort through all these extra links.

A couple link tests you can perform to consider their value:

• Ask yourself what if Google did not exist. Would the link have any value?

• Will this link offer any direct traffic at all?

• Can anyone get this link? If a competitor looks at your site and sees you have a link from coukdirectory.com, and then they can acquire the same link in 5 minutes, the link likely has no value at all. The links you want are the ones which need to be earned. When you read a great SEOmoz article about a SEO topic and then you tweet it, share it or link to it THAT is the type of link which has value.