Link disavow

[raph3988]

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[Klarke]

1.  Yes.  In the FAQ released with the tool, Google does advise that you can use the tool as a preventative measure.

2.  Submitting for "disavowal" would be enough.  But if you have the opportunity and/or time to dedicate to getting the actual links removed, then I would do it.

3.  When disavowing entire domains, it should look like this:

#Please disregard these directories linking to my website
domain:webdirectory11.com domain:dosub.com domain:rankco.info
........

If it's specific pages or URLs on a domain and NOT the whole domain, then you input the exact URL [including the http://] WITHOUT the "domain:" prefix.

[raph3988]

so do not include the "http://www." for disavowing entire domains?

and also is there no space between "domain:" and "webdirectory11.com"?

[Klarke]

yes, do not include the http://www

and yes, there's no space.

[Dr-Pete]

I completely agree on (1) and (3). I don't think there's any harm in proactive submission, as long as you're not worried about revealing any self-inflicted issues in your link profile.

Unfortunately, our best indications at this point is that (2) might not be correct. If Google doesn't see some effort at actual removal, they may disregard the disavow request. There's no harm in it, per se, but they may not honor the request.