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    Will links still show in WMT after you disavow them?

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    • Further
      Further last edited by

      Does anyone know a definitive answer to this? I'm thinking they will still show up in WMT links to your site? Anyone seen anything different?

      Thanks,
      Chris

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      • Benj25
        Benj25 last edited by

        As far as I understand - yes - they will still show up in GWMT and in Open Site Explorer. It is just that Google will not consider them as part of your link profile for rankings, authority, penalties etc.

        So those sites are still linking to you - they just aren't considered.

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        • Adam.Whittles
          Adam.Whittles last edited by

          I'm almost 100% certain that this is the case. Otherwise Google may have called it a link 'removal' tool rather than 'disavow' tool. Also as Matt Cutts said in the video, the disavow option is only a suggestion to Google, much like the rel=canonical tag. Google still reserves the right whether or not to ignore your suggestions.

          Adam.

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          • Further
            Further last edited by

            As I thought. Thanks all.

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            • rayvensoft
              rayvensoft last edited by

              Also, if I am not mistaken Google said that if you disavow a link it would most likely take a few weeks to months for it to start happening.  Since the new functionality is only a few days old, I doubt anybody would see results yet.

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