How long should you wait between submitting link removal requests?

[johanisk]

I'm in the process of trying to clear up a spammy link profile for a site I'm working on.

I'm using the excellent data from MOZ and the list of links from Google Webmaster Tools to come up with a list of sites and Remove'em to manage the process and before I go to Google I want to make sure the file I am going to submit for the disavow process is as strong as possible.

I am aware that I need to contact webmasters about three times to do the removal request properly.  How long between requests should there be and how long should I wait between submitting a final removal request and submitting the file to the disavow tool?

Any advice welcome.  Thanks.

[FedeEinhorn]

That's up to you. There's no guide that can tell you how many times to contact a Webmaster or how often. Just try with the available means: email (if any), social (if any), phone??.

The important thing is to document your process, responses, and actions taken (link removed, wants to charge me to remove it, no response - disavowed, etc).

The more you wait from the moment you start your analysis and the moment you request the reconsideration the worse it becomes. Sometimes, Google finds links that they were not part of the previous file you downloaded.

Recommendation: once you are done with the assessment, do it again, but really fast and only with the new links (under WMT), then send your disavow (you can wait a few days now), ask for reconsideration.

And don't feel bad if Google responds with a negatory with 2 new links that were never listed in previous exports... it happens almost every time.