Have You Ever Removed a Backlink Because It Was Too Irrelevant?

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CosmicBanana

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Authority is useful, but relevance can make a link much more valuable.a smaller site in the same niche can be better than a big unrelated site.

 

jimmigelx

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I do not normally disavow a link simply because it’s irrelevant. First, I would consider the pattern of the links.single irrelevant links don’t cause many problems, but when there are lots of them, it can make the link profile seem unnatural.

 

nicenic

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A legitimate editorial mention from a broader publication can still be useful. A supposedly relevant link from a repurposed or previously abused domain may be much riskier.

 

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mafaca

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The links that had no relation whatsoever to the topic have been removed from the document as well. I consider topical relevance and appropriateness of the link more important than the mere pursuit of high domain rating.

 

SEO Sparton

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Absolutely. The factors that I consider while looking at backlinks include relevancy, quality, and context. Not one link which is irrelevant is going to be necessarily bad, but if there is a pattern of such links then one should look into it.

 

GetCommentFlow

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Any normal backlinks are useful.

 

Larry Scott

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Priya_Motwani said:

We usually talk about getting more backlinks, but I rarely see people discuss removing links that don’t really make sense for the site.

Have you ever looked at your backlink profile and decided that a link was doing more harm than good simply because it was completely unrelated?

Curious whether people here actually evaluate links based on relevance, or mainly look at authority and traffic.

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Most people forgo removing irrelevant links, given that Google largely disregards them. Unless the links are outright spam, the effort is rarely justified.