Add toxic links to the “Disavow” list
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 3:24 am
Next, choose a backlink you want to target, and find the email address of its domain owner.
When you're ready, click " Send ", compose an email and send it.
How to send emails from the Backlink Audit tool?
Our tool will then update the "Status" column to "Sent". And it will also update this column when your email has been delivered, read, and responded to.
Email Status Dashboard in Backlink Audit Tool
If these toxic backlinks are not removed after a few weeks, you may consider adding them to the "Disavow" list as well.
You can do this by going back to the " Remove " list, selecting the backlinks and clicking " Disavow ".
When moving backlinks to "Disavow", remember to disavow at the domain level. This way, you can disavow any pages that might link to you from this site, now and in the future.
"Domain" selected above the "Move to Disavow" button.
Disavowing links should only be done as a last resort. Google's turkey telegram data John Mueller (@JohnMu on X) advises to only disavow links if you know there is a real problem that disavowing will solve.
Google's John Mueller's Advice on Disavowing Links on X
To continue, go to the " Disavow " tab and click on " Export to TXT ".
The "Export to TXT" button is highlighted under the "Disavow" tab.
Then upload this .txt file to Google's disavow link tool .
Google Disavow Link Tool
Now go back to Backlink Audit and click on " Yes, I downloaded the file ". If you confirm that you downloaded disavow links, the tool will recalculate your site's TS.
When you're ready, click " Send ", compose an email and send it.
How to send emails from the Backlink Audit tool?
Our tool will then update the "Status" column to "Sent". And it will also update this column when your email has been delivered, read, and responded to.
Email Status Dashboard in Backlink Audit Tool
If these toxic backlinks are not removed after a few weeks, you may consider adding them to the "Disavow" list as well.
You can do this by going back to the " Remove " list, selecting the backlinks and clicking " Disavow ".
When moving backlinks to "Disavow", remember to disavow at the domain level. This way, you can disavow any pages that might link to you from this site, now and in the future.
"Domain" selected above the "Move to Disavow" button.
Disavowing links should only be done as a last resort. Google's turkey telegram data John Mueller (@JohnMu on X) advises to only disavow links if you know there is a real problem that disavowing will solve.
Google's John Mueller's Advice on Disavowing Links on X
To continue, go to the " Disavow " tab and click on " Export to TXT ".
The "Export to TXT" button is highlighted under the "Disavow" tab.
Then upload this .txt file to Google's disavow link tool .
Google Disavow Link Tool
Now go back to Backlink Audit and click on " Yes, I downloaded the file ". If you confirm that you downloaded disavow links, the tool will recalculate your site's TS.