How much value do you put on a Link Detox Score?

[netviper]

So i am working on a site that has a really bad link detox score.  It was over 1250.  We have it down to 950, which is still showing deadly risk.  Competitors sites are like 450.

So we are currently done link removal and buildling new links, but I am wondering if there is any point since the link detox score is still so high.

We did disavow like 2000 links, but you all know how much good that does.

What are your thoughts?

[DennisSeymour]

I would spend a lot of time on getting the links removed than just disavowed, at least for now. We get better results after doing disavows that had a bunch of links removed versus just relying on the disavow.

To answer your question, the link detox score is a good estimate. Since google treats each niche differently, you might want to look at that as a goal number to reach so you are within the average of the niche. But obviously, you have to still follow through with even better links. It's a pain!