Spammy Directories Using Title Meta-Tag For Link

[alrockn]

I've been noticing a growing amount of spammy directories using my title Meta-Tag to create a link back to my site.  Since my title uses competitive keywords, these external links on spammy directories look over optimized and I fear an algo penalty might get triggered.  Should I be concerned and what can I do?

[Ray-pp]

Hi alrockn,

If you feel that these sites are in fact spam related and do not provide any value to the user, then I suggest getting proactive and disavowing those properties before any penalty happens.

I would be concerned, but not too much - use the disavow tool and you're website will be fine.

[alrockn]

Do I disavow the entire domain, or just the url where the link exists?

[Ray-pp]

If the domain is a known spam property or you feel that the entire domain adds little to no value, then go ahead and disavow the entire domain.

[alrockn]

Disavowing the entire domain seems like the safest thing to do, because there may be other links that haven't caught my attention yet.  If Google doesn't require the exact location, then I think this is what I will do.