Should I disavow a particular site (no warnings in WMT)?
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I’m currently getting a lot of external links to my website from ‘xyz’. This a series of sites with near identical content and duplicate URLs (xyz234.com, xyz63.com, xyz456.com etc). There are 15 of these sites which are contributing 6236 external links.
Would you agree that these URLs are candidates to be disavowed? I currently have no unnatural link warnings in GWT but I’m concerned with watching out for negative SEO and keeping our link profile healthy. Would pruning spammy links like these be a good step?
Any help would be appreciated!
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Thanks all that's good advice. It sounds like this is a fairly grey area. Based on this, we've decided to run some checks on the domain first before proceeding.
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I would, be on the safe site.. Always try and get the link manually removed also. Contact the webmaster.
Better to sort the problem at the root as opposed to putting the safety on.
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I'm not so sure I would rush into anything without doing some research first.
Run a backlink profile in Open Site Explorer, and look at the domain authority. If the linking domain has a very high authority, and the content is not an exact duplicate, then I would leave them in place. People should use the disavow tool with care, as it can potentially do more harm then good if you are not careful.
You can also do a check for blacklisting on the linking domain, to ensure that it has a good track record.
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Yes, disavow them. Better to be proactive and disavow now than wait for a penalty and warning to do it.
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