Do inbound links from forums hurt our traffic?

[imlovinseo]

We have a manual action against us on Google webmaster tools for unnatural links.  While evaluating our back links, I noticed that forums with low page rank/domain authority are linking to us.  Is this hurting us?

[RickyShockley]

I doubt you are being penalized for links on forum sites. If it makes sense for people to be mentioning your site on those forums, then it makes sense that there is a link. On the other hand, if it is clear that the link placement was manipulative and added manually for the sole reason of getting the link, then you might have a problem.

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