How to block bad incoming links on my blogger

How to block bad incoming links on my blogger

The problem

Where these companies used to try and put a link back to their website on every possible location on the internet; they now use it to target competition by spamming them with bad links.

This means that Google will see all these bad links, and penalise the website – which isn’t very nice.

The other possibility of course, is you’ve just bought a new domain where the previous owners ran a website and tried to boost that site by link building.

In other words, your domain could still have hundreds or thousands of bad links coming straight to the domain causing any ranking efforts to be futile.

The solution

Thankfully, Google noticed this problem pretty early on and has provided us with a solution.

If you’re creating quality content that’s fresh and original, yet your website isn’t anywhere to be seen on Google, it’s likely you have bad links.

The solution is to disavow the links.

Google have provided us with a tool where we can disavow links; but before we jump into that, let’s check in Webmaster Tools that bad links are the cause.

If you don’t already have a Web Master tools account, go ahead and create an account now. The instructions are pretty easy to follow, if you have Google Analytics already running then the process is even easier.

You may need to wait a couple of days for Google to populate your Webmaster Tools account if you have only just created an account.

Otherwise, head into your account, then Search Traffic > Links to Your Site.

Under the ‘Who links most’ section, click the More link.

The first clue to lots of spammy links is a large number on the total pages of links – keep in mind how popular your website is at the moment, the larger the website, the larger number you’d expect; but if the number is greatly above your expectations then it could be a red flag.

Unfortunately the next step is laborious as it’s a matter of reading each of the domains that’s linking to you.

Keep in mind you might not know them all, and a few random sounding ones is OK.

The problem is when you have thousands of very dodgy looking domains.

If you do, then head on over to the Disavow tool.

With this tool, you can manually enter each of the domains you do not want Google to take into account when deciding a rank for your website.

Unfortunately this can turn out to be quite a big job depending on how badly affected your website is, however disavowing the bad links will help the rankings of your website.