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    • EwanFisher
      EwanFisher last edited by

      I have seen a number of these services pop up over the past few months.

      My question is, has anyone used them, and did you see any results?

      Here is a few example of the ones I have seen appear recently

      http://www.removeem.com/

      http://www.linkremovalservices.com/

      http://deletebacklinks.com/

      http://www.linkdelete.com/

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      • HiveDigitalInc
        HiveDigitalInc last edited by

        First, let me begin with full disclosure. I am Russ Jones, CTO of Angular (formerly Virante) and creator of Remove'em. I will do my best not to make this an advertisement in any way and answer the question more generally about link removal services.

        "My question is, has anyone used them, and did you see any results?"

        The answer here is a definite yes. We should probably distinguish between link removal tools and link removal services. There are some tools out there that assist with the link removal process (Remove'em, LinkRisk, LinkDetox, and Remove'em etc.) and other tool/service blends that perform a degree of the link removal process (Remove'em Full Service, RMoov, etc.) and finally some service-only models (LinkDelete, etc.). I will say that I am personally unfamiliar with the service-only models so I will refrain from comment on them out of ignorance, not because they couldn't very well be useful and effective.

        The blended services, by and large, appear to be effective. We have researched our competitors and I assure you if they were a sham, we would have made that clear in our marketing material by now 🙂

        These services tend to provide the following improvements upon DIY...

        1. Existing relationships with link purveyors to accelerate link removal.
        2. Outreach technology that allows them to better find contact info.
        3. Existing databases of contact information tailored to this industry.
        4. Knowledge of Google expectations for successful reconsideration

        However, you don't need any of this to run a successful recovery, the question is just a balance of your time and money. If your lost revenue from lack of rankings, cost of time/services (ie: employees or existing SEO firm running removal campaign) are greater than the costs of these services, they are well worth your consideration.

        If you have an specific questions about these services beyond their efficacy, feel free to respond here - I would be more than willing to help.

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        • DukeTanson
          DukeTanson @irvingw last edited by

          well if you link at some of the websites that Matthew gave as examples, that is exactly what some of them do. I can for a second see how a website can determine instantaneously what back links needs to be removed.

          There is no doubt that there are companies out there who would go through the process with a fine comb and get you the results you need.

          You just have to be careful with our choice just like you do with choosing an SEO agency.

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          • EwanFisher
            EwanFisher @DukeTanson last edited by

            Hi Duke

            I dont think the process is automated in any way.

            It seems to be that they have a team that will do all the hard work for you.

            This included analysis of the links, and then reaching out to web masters and asking for the low quality links to be removed.

            Matthew

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            • irvingw
              irvingw last edited by

              Why do you think this "They are similar to those companies offering you cheap links. The long effect on your website will be painful."

              If someone is being paid to remove links and would provide a report as to what links existed prior and an updated list showing links removed how can that be harmful to your site?

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              • mhadaily
                mhadaily last edited by

                If you have time , follow below step to remove your bad links

                1-Check your backlinks in Webmaster Tools

                2-Look for backlinks from outside your country

                3-Look for multiple backlinks from same website

                4-Check homepage of site linking to you

                5-Check most common anchor text used

                6-Check pages your links are on

                7-Create spreadsheet of all sites linking to you

                8-Check Serps results of sites linking to you

                9-Find contact details of sites providing bad backlinks

                10-Email them and ask for your links to be removed

                Hope it will be helped you.

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                • DukeTanson
                  DukeTanson last edited by

                  I would suggest you stay well clear of them. They are similar to those companies offering you cheap links. The long effect on your website will be painful. To be honest, I would question anyone who claims can automate link removal. The process of removing links is a long and painful process which requires human to do it. There are bits of the process that can be automated but the final decision on which links to remove can't.

                  Take a look at this Q&A for some useful steps http://www.seomoz.org/q/does-anyone-have-any-suggestions-on-removing-spammy-links

                  Other tools that might be useful are

                  http://www.outreachr.com/bulk-domain-checker/

                  http://net-peak.com/software/netpeak-checker/

                  http://tools.seogadget.co.uk/

                  All the best

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                  • EwanFisher
                    EwanFisher @RebekahMay last edited by

                    Thanks for the link Rebekah, much appreciated.

                    Yeah, I'm a bit like you ,very hesitant with these sort of services.

                    I did have a look at this tool last week and it does look very good and provided some really useful analysis in to each link.

                    http://www.linkdetox.com/

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                    • RebekahMay
                      RebekahMay last edited by

                      I haven't used any of these services or tools, but I took a look at what you listed.

                      Removeem is more of a link management tool that lets you note who you've contacted and what the status is.  That seems really useful if you don't want to keep track of all this another way, such as Excel.

                      I am personally a bit hesitant to use "link removal services" but that's just me.

                      I also haven't had a chance to watch this yet - bookmarked it for when I have time.  It is a webinar from SEOGadget about link removal.  SEOGadget really knows their stuff so I am sure you will find some valuable advice in here.

                      https://seogadget.co.uk/adventures-in-link-removal-slides-and-webinar-recording/

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