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    • Valarlf
      Valarlf last edited by

      I have the feeling that I am suffering from negative seo, so there is a way to get a list of links that should remove in the google disavow links tool ?

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      • Klarke
        Klarke last edited by

        This is not something you want to leave up to automation.  You need human input to decide whether a link is bad.  Disavowing innocent links will do more harm than good.

        So you have to go through your link profile and focus on the domains that link to you the most, then move onto the ones that link to you with non-branded anchor text.

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        • SEO5Team
          SEO5Team last edited by

          Good Question Luis,

          Suggested Process below:

          • Get a list of all your backlinks
          • Make a list of all the known bad neighborhoods. You might have to research SEO blogs for this info
          • Compare that with your list of backlinks
          • You can also manually check any site to see if it is indexed in Google or not to confirm it's negative impact.

          Here is a link to a useful post to get you started

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          • Valarlf
            Valarlf last edited by

            Thank you very much to you both for your answers.

            Question Answered

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            • riplash
              riplash last edited by

              You might want to also check out these posts.

              http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-profile-tool-to-discover-linking-activity

              http://seogadget.com/bad-backlink-checking/

              SEOGadget also have a free tool you might find useful - http://tools.seogadget.co.uk/ - you can export your backlink data from OSE/GWT/Majestic/etc and feed them into the tool 200 links at a time.

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              • Valarlf
                Valarlf @riplash last edited by

                just what I was looking for thanks

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