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    • Vuly
      Vuly last edited by

      Thanks for your response! 🙂

      We only disavowed the bad links yesterday not afew months ago, however, none of these links where here last time we checked which was afew months ago.  These links are still appearing on Google Console however, it hasn't been 48 hours.

      Many of them are linking to websites that seem to be down, however some are actual porn/spam sites. We're very concerned as this has happened the week of Black Friday and we are scratching our heads looking for a fast solution.

      ** So the questions are;**

      _**1. While we understand we need to wait 48 hours for these links to be disavowed, how long after they are disavowed would it take to have the our website reappearing on Google again?

      2. What else can we do to speed up recovery penalty from unwanted nasty backlinks? **_

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      • effectdigital
        effectdigital @Vuly last edited by

        1.) It depends on Google's perception of what has happened, you may or may not get those rankings back (ever)

        i. If Google applied 'active' ranking reductions (usually signified by a penalty message in Google Search Console) then the disavow work alone wouldn't work, you'd also need to submit a reconsideration request. For a recon request to go through, especially a links one, it ranges from 2 weeks to 4 months for them to even respond to it (the higher range is usually for repeat offenders)

        ii. If Google applied active ranking reductions without serving you a penalty notice, the disavow on its own should be processed relatively quickly and rankings should begin returning a week or two after the disavow is processed. Note that this is the rarest circumstance, Google almost never apply active ranking reductions without also sending a penalty notification

        iii. If Google didn't apply any active ranking reductions, it simply means that links which used to count - no longer pass SEO authority. Doing a disavow doesn't magically bring the authority back (so in this situation you don't see ranking gains from disavow work, this would be called an algorithmic devaluation - not a penalty)

        Items (i) and (iii) are infinitely more commonplace than (ii), which is extremely rare

        2.) Build good links to replace the crappy ones you have lost

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              looking for the solution that how can I check my site coctool.

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                why my site mod apk  DA is not showing

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                        how to use disavow?

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                              • Sarasytan38
                                Sarasytan38 last edited by

                                I have lots of spam and porn backlinks on my sites GTA5-mobile.com and ppssppapk.info, can you tell me tell me how to disavow them? My sites DA  50+ of both sites.

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                                • ssebt6
                                  ssebt6 last edited by

                                  I want to Increase my site DA. How can I increase my site DA? Kindly Help. I am getting Quality Backlinks but still, my DA is under 20.

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                                  • apkpoint
                                    apkpoint last edited by

                                    Google can take up to 2,3 Months to disavow any submitted links.

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                                    • apkpoint
                                      apkpoint @Sarasytan38 last edited by

                                      To Disavow Bad links Follow These Steps

                                      1. Make a file of all bad links
                                      2. Go to >https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main
                                      3. Login through the same account which you are using for google webmasters.
                                      4. Submit the file.

                                      Goole will Disavow all the links you submitted with in 2,3 Months

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                                      • An0nymouse
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                                        Are links to google's redirection site spammy? I have online shopping in Pakistan site and want to link this site to those urls.

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                                          How can i disavow bad backlinks on my website eagleapk

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                                            Koiue7 last edited by

                                            Before  ten to fifteen days i check my keywords  DA thats too low now cheks another sites are nin serf and da is too hight my site is NextgenApk.

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