is it dangerous to report spammy links?

Discussion in 'Google' started by onge, Nov 16, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hi, i think my site has been google bowled, is it dangerous to contact google and ask them to remove the spammy links? could they delete the links i been creating my self? i have been creating articles that dont really and putting my links there, could google employee look at these links and delete them? or would i be ok? could i just ask them to delete all the links that have been created in the last week?
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    You're not making much sense, really.

    If you've been making spammy links then you should do your utmost best to remove them, in order to avoid any manual action. Google can't remove them for you - it's up to the site owners/moderators to remove them, at your request. If they are spammy links, then most site owners are probably not going to want them and will remove them. Assuming they care enough about the site.

    You can also use the disavow links tool, however Google has mentioned a few times you need to make effort yourself, too, to get the links removed. Using this tool alone is not enough.

    Read this Q&A for more information.
     
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  3. onge

    onge Member

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    well a person that i know, and im not good friends with him told me that hes done loads of xrummer links to my site and now mys site isnt ranking any where and it was ranking on the first - 2 page. The links that i have made arnt really that good, i mean i have been posting spun articles etc, but i know that i havnt dropped because of this, as ive always being doing seo this way and all my site rank well with it. So would i be able to contact google and just ask to delete links that have been made in the last week or so? will i be ok or will google check previous links that i had and then penalize me for them?
     
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  4. onge

    onge Member

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    and also i cant really use the link disavowal tool because he used xrummer and most probably created thousands of backlinks i dont even know the url of those links
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    Did you get a notification in Webmaster Tools?
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    You can download a list of links Google knows about using Google Webmaster Tools. However, this might not be the right step, depending on whether you got a notification or not.
     
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  7. onge

    onge Member

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    nope, i didnt recive a notification but my site has dropped from page 1-2 to no where and for some reason my webmaster tools never. If i just contact google and asking them to delete all of the backlinks that have been made in the last week would they do this do you think? and will they check the backlinks i had previously?
     
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    Why did u even make spammy links in the first place..
     
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    onge Member

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    because they always work, but i didnt drop in rankings becasue of my links
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    The reason for a drop in rank is not a penalty, as Google would send out a notification if a penalty was made against your site (furthermore, penalties are only applied manually). So, until you receive a notification in Webmaster Tools, you need to do some real SEO. (The links your "friend" made, and possibly even your own, have been ignored.)

    If you make a report to Google, you risk triggering a manual penalty due to your own spamming, which they will identify in your own "link profile".
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    An incorrect belief. Google can start ignoring (giving no value to any links at any time).

    Start here.
     
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    btw i put a 301 redirect from a site that isnt related to this one, could this hurt my site?
     
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    the site that i put 301 redirect on isnt penalized and has pr 4
     
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    Yes. Relevancy is very important. The more actions you are doing like this, the more chance you have of a penalty. It's often overall actions in relation to site and link quality that result in a manual penalty.

    I'm assuming by "isn't related" you mean a different topic. It's a blatant attempt to manipulate PR.
     
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    if i delete the 301 redirect will Google disregard those backlinks that were transferred to the new site through 301 redirect?
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    Yes, those links will be disregarded as they are just for the domain/location/page they are pointing to.
     
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    I think yes it could be happen but I am not sure that this will happen surly. Just try once and also share your experience with us.
     
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    if i contact google and ask them to disregard backlinks that have been made in the last week do you think they will do it and ill be ok? or will they also check the backlinks i created before and penilize me for them?
     
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    No, they won't disregard them by you just asking. You would need to use the disavow link tool, but (as I mentioned before) you are setting yourself up for a penalty, if you contact them (drawing attention to your site and so-called "SEO" activities). They will look at everything.
     
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    would they look at everything even if i just use disavow link tool?
     
    onge, Nov 17, 2012 IP