Should I disavow this Link?

[Eavesy]

I am trying to clean up my link profile to get rid of a partial penalty and am not sure to do with one of the links to my site http://www.seoco.co.uk

The link is 100% organic and has come from a foreign language site that published an infographic that I did:

http://www.clasesdeperiodismo.com/2012/12/23/la-evolucion-de-las-redes-sociales-este-ano-en-una-infografia/

The thing is that in the link to my homepage they have used the anchor text SEO as opposed to my company name.

I have already sent them an email and asked them to change the anchor text but they haven't responded  so I am guessing they probably wouldn't respond to a removal request either.

Should I disavow it?

[Trespass]

Hi David,

Personally I wouldn't. It's a editorial link given without any influence from you I assume? It wasn't paid for? If it's a natural link why remove it? Is the site spammy at all?

My view is only remove links that are spammy or unnatural.

Robert

[Eavesy]

Hi Robert, thanks for the response, the link was not paid for and it does look like a good site to me, it has a Good PageRank and lots of Facebook followers.

Anyone disagree?

[KevinBudzynski]

I agree with David. It's natural and not spammy. Also, the infographic is great and is doing what its supposed to do!

[Highland]

I have two general rules of thumb on disavow

1. Disavow is for unnatural link patterns, not unnatural links
2. Don't disavow first and ask questions later. Disavow is a flame thrower and while they can help you set things on fire, they are a terrible way to weed a garden.

It sounds like your problem is not the link but the fear that the link is going to be seen as unnatural and might draw a penalty. If it's seen as unnatural it will likely be devalued. That's it. One link won't kill you. If anything, it might hurt the blog its on. Unless it's clear cut, leave it alone.

[94501]

Yes to the above... don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Also, given your name is ("the seo company") is keyword rich, at first glance I'm not sure how spammy your link profile really is anchor text-wise.  I agree with Highland that disavow is really a 12 lb hammer and really only saved for special occasions.

Good luck! Best... Mike

[Eavesy]

OK guys, that's good enough for me, will not be disavowing. Thankyou to all of you for your help.