One page hit with 10K no follow spam links, should we disavow?

[geteducated]

Hi everyone,

I'd like your opinions on the best way to handle this situation:

One particular site page just got hit with 10,000 no follow spammy backlinks over 10 days time.

I've read that it's pointless to use the disavow tool on no follow links (since it basically does the same thing) but we want Google to be aware that this WAS NOT US and we don't want to be penalized for these spammy links.

Couple of questions:

1. Do we send backlink removal requests to each domain webmaster?

2. Should we skip removal requests and move right to disavow?

3. Should we take other action?

As a site we have NEVER used any black hat SEO tactics over a 15 year history and have many HQ do follow and no follow links to the site and this particular page.

Thanks for any suggestions in advance!!

[GPainter]

Hello,

1. DONT PANIC!

2. Why not all of the above?

As you've mentioned no-follow means no worries but if you are worried and want to sleep better you can add them to the disavow tool. You can also work on getting the links removed from the website so it won't show up in tools like open site explorer etc. as for other action you could try to work out WHY but good luck with that.

Over time it happens to sites so don't sweat it too much it won't hurt any rankings most search engines respect no-follow so deal with it in a way that will make you feel better.

Hope that helps and good luck