Recent 2017 Disavow Experience - How long is it taking?

[seoaustin]

Hello All

A client's site recently got hit with links from an XXX neighborhood.  My clients site is on the periphery of adult entertainment, think Maxim Magazine, but not in the porn space.  These links could be natural, or pushed by a competitor, we definitely did not solicit them.

Regardless, dozens of links were established and then found by Google starting in February and a few very important keyword rankings disappeared about 2 months later (after Google found more and more XXX links).

The linked to page is the only one that was really hit and it's not a manual action - seems completely algorithmic.

We have disavowed all that we can put our finger on but I'm trying to provide guidance as to how long it has taken others to see some type of recovery...?

[benesmartin]

Hey there,

It usually takes up to one month but often times about two weeks.

Once, you disavow the bad links they will still appear in Search Console The main reason is that Google just won't count them against you.

Have you been successful with disavowing since May?

Cheers, Martin