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  • edward-may
    edward-may last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 3:11 AM

    Hi Guys

    I'm a newbie and just started my website, im wondering if im reading this correctly, i use a tool called my seo tools and its telling me my website zenory.co.nz has over 1600 backlinks, this is scary since the site is only 5months old and i didn't see this till at least today and i check my sites backlinks on a regular basis.  However when I check with moz it says I only have 2? I'm a little confused.  Any advice here?

    Much appreciated

    Thanks

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    • LinkWheelOldSchool
      LinkWheelOldSchool last edited by Apr 15, 2015, 9:22 AM Apr 15, 2015, 9:22 AM

      Check with ahrefs or majestic, check the links manually or using a tool like link detox and then you'll know what needs to be done.

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      • edward-may
        edward-may @MindlessWizard last edited by Apr 14, 2015, 2:15 AM Apr 14, 2015, 2:15 AM

        Hi MindlessWizard,

        Thanks so much for your help! Yes, I contact the company myseotools who i use, and they said the results they feed from come via ahrefs, who are displaying these results incorrectly, in the meantime I had already contacted the web master to remove my link, so its good to know that I went ahead and did the right thing.

        My question would be how long does it usually take for a company to refresh the results?

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        • MindlessWizard
          MindlessWizard @edward-may last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 7:56 AM Apr 13, 2015, 7:56 AM

          I checked you site with ahrefs.com and here is the backlink profile. So all of the backlinks coming from total of 16 domains. And here is something that you should look for

          http://prntscr.com/6t64y7   1,623 backlinks coming from this domain. You can contact them and request to remove your listing from there. That solve half of your problem if they can remove your listing.

          edward-may 1 Reply Last reply Apr 14, 2015, 2:15 AM Reply Quote 1
          • edward-may
            edward-may @PeaSoupDigital last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 6:57 AM Apr 13, 2015, 6:57 AM

            Hi Lewis

            Thanks for that! This was also confusing as I checked moz and it was saying I only had 2 backlinks, which I couldn't make any sense of, so I sent the web master at the directory that were sending me all the links, works out it was because I was categorised in all regional categories which ended up in being over 900 categories, to which were all linking back to me... This is in the same industry as well, so when i checked the site pointing to me had good authority as well.

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            • PeaSoupDigital
              PeaSoupDigital last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 6:38 AM Apr 13, 2015, 6:38 AM

              According to Open Site Explorer, you only have one external link going to your site.

              Here's a step-by-step guide on how to use the disavow tool if you do have some dodgy links - http://moz.com/blog/guide-to-googles-disavow-tool

              Hope this helps.

              Lewis

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              • edward-may
                edward-may @Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 4:40 AM Apr 13, 2015, 4:40 AM

                Thanks Alick, seriously you have been so helpful!

                Any idea on how I can go about using this disavow tool? I have heard about it but not sure how I go about applying it in the real SEO world lol

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                • Alick300
                  Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 4:39 AM Apr 13, 2015, 4:26 AM

                  Hi Justin,

                  Yes you can do that and that would be the best if they remove & in the worst case if they don't remove or asking to pay leave them .You can use disavow tool and disavow entire that directory domain.

                  Hope this helps

                  Thanks

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                  • edward-may
                    edward-may @Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 4:08 AM Apr 13, 2015, 4:08 AM

                    Hi Alick300

                    I tried using ahrefs but I don't have an account with them.  It does look like there are alot, would you recommend that I contact the owner to delist from the directory?

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                    • Alick300
                      Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 4:06 AM Apr 13, 2015, 4:02 AM

                      Hi Justin,

                      I have never use myseotools so I can't say about authenticity one thing I would like to mention here that huge number of links from same site is not good thing  & Google can easily caught such links.

                      I would like to suggest to check in some other tools once if you are getting there such number of links then you have to consider it seriously

                      Thanks

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                      • edward-may
                        edward-may @Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 3:39 AM Apr 13, 2015, 3:39 AM

                        Hi Alick300

                        Yes I checked GWT i don't see anything thats come through from them yet?

                        When I check the myseotools for where the links where coming from, it looks like they are from a directory that i submitted my listing to under each region category that seems to be returning a link per region.

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                        • Alick300
                          Alick300 last edited by Apr 13, 2015, 4:01 AM Apr 13, 2015, 3:32 AM

                          Hi Justin,

                          Did you check in Google webmaster tools?  If not please do check how many links you are seeing there?

                          ****Over 1000 links within a month is very suspicious if that tool showing current numbers. ****

                          If you have ahrefs tool please also check there . You will get correct data

                          Thanks

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