Google Webmaster Tools notice of detected unnatural links to our website

[ChrisHolgate]

Hi,

We have been using SEOmoz for a good few months now and have found it incredibly useful.  Unfortunately however I think we may have slipped up a little bit as we have just received the following message in our Google Webmaster Tools:

Google Webmaster Tools notice of detected unnatural links to http://www.refreshcartridges.co.uk/

I have a funny feeling I might know what the problem is but I'd like a confirmation before I potentially go off on a wild goose chase.

We also own the domain name www.computerarticles.co.uk and recently started introducing the author at the bottom of the post along with both a link to the website homepage and a link to a deep, popular page on our website.  For example, check out http://www.computerarticles.co.uk/twitter-time-saving-tools/

We genuinely didn't realise this was a bad thing and thought it would just provide Google with a way of deep linking straight in to popular areas of our site.  I would really appreciate advice as to whether you think it might be these links that are causing the problem or whether there is something else that could be causing the problem.

In the event it is these links that are causing the issue would you recommend removing the entire 'about the author' page (as we have published around 500 pages on that site) and simply put a link in the blog roll or simplify it to just link to the homepage.

I appreciate in advance any help you could give.

Regards

Chris

[irvingw]

Google can definitely see that as spam - remove it and ask for reconsideration and see it that resolves the issue. Here's an article that was published by ScreamingFrog just today that may shed some light on this topic.

http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/when-google-gets-penalties-wrong/

Hope u get out of the box soon ....

[ChrisHolgate]

That's great; many thanks.

Have removed all the potentially offending links and request reinclusion.

Kind regards