Removing Backlinks? Good Idea? (URGENT)

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Rocketship

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• Dec 4, 2022

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Hey,

I got a backlink from news site and my rankings dropped every day for the last 2 weeks.

It has a good metrics and the article ranks well, but when I check the website it’s mostly crypto / gambling articles and it seems spammy.

If I remove the article, would it effect my site?

 

roydan

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Dec 17, 2013

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• Dec 4, 2022

• #2

You can disavow the link in GSC.
But I have to admit that it sounds very odd that a single link makes so much damage.

 

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Rocketship

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roydan said:

You can disavow the link in GSC.

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Can I just get the article removed?

 

Hawkeye Digital

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• Dec 4, 2022

• #4

Its good to remove them , as the update had caused to much for this month , so get new links and disavow them possible

 

roydan

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Rocketship said:

Can I just get the article removed?

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Can't tell you, never done that.

But disavowing a link says "I have no idea where this link came from, it isn't mine", while removing the article says "You got me"...

 

flexpaydude

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• Dec 5, 2022

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You can disavow the link. Before building links, it is necessary to check it's quality.

 

Guestwriting

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Are you sure? haven't built any other links in the past? In this case, you need to double-check the links again and find out what caused the ranking drop, or else simply remove the link and wait some time until Google recrawls it.

 

Titans

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If it's spam & the keywords were going down after adding this link then disavow the link. Check all your backlinks, on page & update your article. You can target more long tail keywords & add more high quality articles. Build more high quality links like Guest posts, Niche edits, Relevant PBN links etc.

 

f0rest00

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• Dec 6, 2022

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Disavow the link. Before getting backlinks, check if the blog is relevant to your niche.

 

Mactronn

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Your website has been penalized for other reasons, more likely because of bad content. Websites are not penalized for one bad link. Disavowing will not help.

 

Last edited: Dec 6, 2022