Nov 18, 2013 | Google Updates, Link Building, SEO
Many websites have been affected by various updates released by Google. If you have also been affected, it might be time to go ahead and take a look at Google’s disavow tool. It might just be able to help remove penalties. Although there might be some delay involved, it is a method which can work for you. Not a lot of people know how the disavow tool works and how it can help websites which have been penalized. Because of all the confusion, an explanation is necessary so here is a bit of insight to the disavow tool and how it works. Go to the disavow links tool page to submit the disavow file. What is Disavow? When a person submits a disavow request, Google will automatically process the request and tag links pointing to your website in the same procedure as a nofollow tag. It is as if they are not pointing to your site for link counting but only for the purpose of analysis. If you believe that your website’s rankings are being compromised by low-quality links which are out of your control, it is possible to ask Google to not to take these low-quality links into account when they assess your site. If links are votes, you are merely asking Google not to count these votes when they are being tallied for your rankings. According to Google, it will take a few months for disavow requests to be processed. Algorithmic Penalties and How to Remove Them The Penguin update is different from other updates. Algorithmic penalties which are related to links mean automatic penalties. There is...
