I have a client who has about 45 links from de-indexed article network sites (I believe Backlinks Kingdom but I didn't spin the content), and I'm trying to figure out if these links are hurting his site's rankings, which have dropped dramatically over the past month. Here's some of the domains where the articles used to be: http://www.articlecaffeine.com http://www.articlecataclysm.com http://www.articlecolossus.com http://www.articlehurricane.com http://www.articlelabyrinth.com http://www.articlemania.org http://www.articlemeerkat.com http://www.articlemeteor.com http://www.articlemeteorite.com http://www.articlemonkee.com http://www.articlemutant.com http://www.articleodyssey.com http://www.articleofweek.com http://www.articlephoenix.com http://www.articlerapids.com Are you familiar with these sites? Could links from de-indexed / suspended domains hurt my site's rankings? If so, should I go ahead and disavow them? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
You have no choice because other webmasters probably will disavow it. If Google traces the links to you, you might get penalized as well. The real winner here is Google. It basically crowdsourced its work to webmasters...