To disavow or not?
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:37 am
I hope these answers help you make a decision on whether link building is natural. Now let's dive into more specific, yes or no questions.
Should you replace lost links?
If you work with backlinks, you may have encountered a problem when you see your links disappearing. If so, should you do everything you can to replace that link? While Lucía Rico is adamant that you should do so to keep things as they are , other respondents believe that it depends on the situation. The key is to measure the impact of the link on your site—high-value links are surely worth replacing. In addition, Noelia Regalado highlights that the new link should provide the same value and if not, she offers to “let it die.”
At the same time, losing spam links is more of a blessing, so you should happily forget about them.
Speaking of spammy links, a common practice is to send a ghana business email database disavow file to Google to ask it to ignore such links. We asked our experts to share their opinion on disavow: is it still necessary or is it a waste of time?
Respondents' opinions were divided on this issue. Some claimed that disavow was a fundamental task that helped them increase domain visibility, others disavow more out of habit while doubting the effectiveness of such an approach. Some respondents said that they tend to disavow as Google can figure things out on its own.
Montserrat López explains that “Google is able to detect links that are not very relevant to a site.” Therefore, it only uses disavow to lift Google’s manual sanctions.
As with most other decisions in link building, you should choose whether or not to disavow based on your niche and the particular qualities of the links. If there are a bunch of links pointing to your site that are obviously spammy and potentially harmful, you should definitely include them in a disavow file . If we're talking about just a few bad links, Noelia Regalado advises not to bother as your backlink profile looks more natural that way.
Should you replace lost links?
If you work with backlinks, you may have encountered a problem when you see your links disappearing. If so, should you do everything you can to replace that link? While Lucía Rico is adamant that you should do so to keep things as they are , other respondents believe that it depends on the situation. The key is to measure the impact of the link on your site—high-value links are surely worth replacing. In addition, Noelia Regalado highlights that the new link should provide the same value and if not, she offers to “let it die.”
At the same time, losing spam links is more of a blessing, so you should happily forget about them.
Speaking of spammy links, a common practice is to send a ghana business email database disavow file to Google to ask it to ignore such links. We asked our experts to share their opinion on disavow: is it still necessary or is it a waste of time?
Respondents' opinions were divided on this issue. Some claimed that disavow was a fundamental task that helped them increase domain visibility, others disavow more out of habit while doubting the effectiveness of such an approach. Some respondents said that they tend to disavow as Google can figure things out on its own.
Montserrat López explains that “Google is able to detect links that are not very relevant to a site.” Therefore, it only uses disavow to lift Google’s manual sanctions.
As with most other decisions in link building, you should choose whether or not to disavow based on your niche and the particular qualities of the links. If there are a bunch of links pointing to your site that are obviously spammy and potentially harmful, you should definitely include them in a disavow file . If we're talking about just a few bad links, Noelia Regalado advises not to bother as your backlink profile looks more natural that way.