Resubmitting disavow file after penalty removal

[halloranc]

Hi,

We had a manual penalty for links removed about a year ago. The disavow file we submitted was pretty extensive and we took the machete approach, as recommended by Matt Cutts.

Recently we took a look over the file again and are of the firm conviction that some of the domains are entirely legit and the links are not manipulated. We would like to resubmit the disavow file excluding these domains so Google picks up the links again.

Does anyone have experience of this and if so what were the results?

Thanks

[Ham1979]

We were having exactly the same thought today, that there may be valid links in the disavow file that weren't necessarily a problem.

On doing some research we found out that you can "undisavow" a link by removing from the file and re-submitting but also bear in mind that if your penalty was based on exact anchor text in the links then removing them without being reconfigured may bring the problem back.

[halloranc]

Thanks and you make a very good point about the exact match anchor text.

[MarkAse]

Been through the disavow on my site-

While missing out on a few possible links, sucks.....are they high enough quality to warrant the possible negative consequences of lost revenue from the penalty coming back?

Personally speaking unless that's a link from the Wall Street Journal or CNN, I wouldn't be poking the sleeping bear, it's just not worth it.