{"id":361842,"date":"2021-11-01T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:56:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:56:40","slug":"how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Identify and Remove Bad Backlinks That Kill Your Rankings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f91b888d43\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f91b888d43\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#The_Importance_of_Removing_Bad_Backlinks\" >The Importance of Removing Bad Backlinks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#Types_of_Bad_Backlinks\" >Types of Bad Backlinks<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#1_Sitewide_Links\" >1. Sitewide Links<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#2_Directory_Links\" >2. Directory Links<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#3_Links_from_Blog_Comments\" >3. Links from Blog Comments&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#4_Links_with_Over-Optimized_Anchor_Texts\" >4. Links with Over-Optimized Anchor Texts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#How_to_Remove_Bad_Backlinks\" >How to Remove Bad Backlinks?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#1_Gather_Your_Backlink_Data\" >1. Gather Your Backlink Data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#2_Find_Bad_Backlinks\" >2. Find Bad Backlinks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#3_Remove_Bad_Backlinks\" >3. Remove Bad Backlinks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#4_Track_Track_and_Track\" >4. Track, Track, and Track<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#5_Disavow_The_Remaining_Bad_Backlinks\" >5. Disavow The Remaining Bad Backlinks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-identify-and-remove-bad-backlinks-that-kill-your-rankings\/#How_to_disavow_backlinks\" >How to disavow backlinks?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How to Identify and Remove Bad Backlinks That Kill Your Rankings?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image3-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"opener\">What is that one goal website owners dream of achieving? They want their websites to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear at the top of the search engine results.<\/p>\n<p>High-quality backlinks are vital to making this dream a reality. This means that auditing backlinks and removing<strong> <\/strong>bad backlinks<strong> <\/strong>are essential steps website owners need to take on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of bad backlinks<strong> <\/strong>include links coming from foreign websites, links with duplicate texts, links with over-optimized anchor texts, and links coming from the comment sections of other websites.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, website owners were able to achieve high search engine ranking by getting a huge number of backlinks. They easily got away with black hat tactics like toxic, sponsored, and spammy backlinks. But, this is not the case today. Websites with unnatural and suspicious backlinks face penalties and are taken down to the bottom of the search engine results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bad backlinks<strong> <\/strong>simply<strong> <\/strong>mean bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. Hence, you need to remove bad backlinks that can negatively impact your site search rankings and authority. Let\u2019s dig deeper to understand why removing bad backlinks is of paramount importance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Importance_of_Removing_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>The Importance of Removing Bad Backlinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As you may already know, backlinks are an extremely important aspect of your SEO strategy. When your site attracts a lot of backlinks from authoritative websites, it works as an approval stamp. It signals search engines that others think of you as a trusted information source. This is what makes search engines decide if your site deserves a high ranking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The quality of backlinks gained even more importance with the Google Penguin update back in 2012. Its principal purpose is to find and penalize sites that indulge in dubious backlink practices.<\/p>\n<p>When your site has a lot of<strong> <\/strong>bad backlinks, it questions your credibility. It shows that you resorted to suspicious and unnatural means to gain those links, which triggers the spam filter of Google and can get your site penalized. Moreover, your website is likely to witness a huge fall in search engine rankings and may even be banned by Google.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As all of these consequences can severely hamper your business growth; therefore, it is essential to remove bad backlinks<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Penguin became a part of the core search algorithm of Google. The search engine now monitors sites for possibilities of spam, too, in real-time. This points to one thing &#8211; website owners must make it a point to remove bad backlinks on a regular basis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s discuss the various types of bad backlinks, so you are well aware of which ones you need to remove.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>Types of Bad Backlinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The quality of the linking website is what differentiates bad backlinks from good backlinks. In other words, bad backlinks are the links coming to your site from irrelevant, low-authority, and\/or suspicious websites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117535\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Bad backlinks can be segregated into different categories based on the type of website they come from. Let\u2019s discuss the various types of bad backlinks you can come across:<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Sitewide_Links\"><\/span>1. <strong>Sitewide Links<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>These are the links that appear on every page of a website. Usually, they appear in the sidebar section, the header, and the footer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before the introduction of the Google Penguin update, site owners extensively implemented this technique to earn a lot of backlinks quickly. But this is now regarded as unnatural and can get your website penalized. It is better to have one backlink coming from an authoritative domain rather than several backlinks from a low-authority one.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Directory_Links\"><\/span><strong>2. Directory Links<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Web directory submissions are one of the best ways to organically earn high-quality backlinks. But this is only applicable to high-authority directories that hold relevance to your niche. In case your site has a lot of backlinks coming from low-quality and random directories, it is likely to be penalized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Links_from_Blog_Comments\"><\/span>3. <strong>Links from Blog Comments&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There is a high chance that you may have come across a flood of spam in the comment sections of a blog. Such types of comments, which often have links to other sites, are marked as nofollow so that Google doesn\u2019t index them. When these types of spam comments link to your website, it adversely impacts your inbound link profile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Links_with_Over-Optimized_Anchor_Texts\"><\/span>4. <strong>Links with Over-Optimized Anchor Texts<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Let\u2019s understand this with an example. Suppose you are an owner of a handbag store. If a lot of websites link back to your site using \u201cdesigner handbags\u201d as anchor text, Google will think of this as unnatural. Such a thing only gets your website penalized.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other examples of bad links or unnatural links are those that come from the below-mentioned sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blogrolls<\/li>\n<li>Link networks<\/li>\n<li>Profile link and signatures<\/li>\n<li>Forums&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Remove_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>How to Remove Bad Backlinks?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This step-by-step guide will help you identify and remove bad backlinks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Gather_Your_Backlink_Data\"><\/span><strong>1. Gather Your Backlink Data<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As a first step, you should create a list that contains every backlink coming to your website from different sources. For this, you can use the Google Search Console (make sure your domain is connected to Google Analytics). Follow these steps for the same:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Head to the Google Search Console<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cSearch Traffic\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cLinks to Your Site\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cmore\u201d from the \u201cWho links the most\u201d section when a new page opens<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cDownload more sample links\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image4-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117536\" \/><figcaption>Source: DigiGrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With this, you get a list of all of your backlinks in CSV format.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Find_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>2. Find Bad Backlinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Now, how to find bad backlinks<strong> <\/strong>from the list? To identify bad backlinks, you have to manually audit all the backlinks. When you check a backlink, see if the link\u2019s content is relevant to your site. If this is not the case, it means that the backlink may not be adding a lot of value to your inbound link profile.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During this time, you can also use SpyFu\u2019s backlink checker for quickly identifying toxic backlinks. All you have to do is enter your website\u2019s URL and click on \u201csearch.\u201d It will provide you with a list of Google-ranked sites linking to you along with their domain strength (the list will not include sites that Google has not indexed).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, to identify bad backlinks from the list, find and note the websites with lower domain strength.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip: <\/strong>Make it a point to check the spam score of the websites in the list. For this, you can visit Link Explorer. All you need to do is type in the URL of the website, and you will be able to see the website\u2019s spam score. A site with a high spam score can negatively impact your SEO efforts.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Remove_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>3. Remove Bad Backlinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Now we know how to find bad backlinks<strong>.<\/strong> But,<strong> <\/strong>how to remove<strong> <\/strong>these bad backlinks? For this, you need to contact the webmasters or owners of the linking websites. You need to request them to remove the backlinks. Ensure you let them know the exact location of the backlink you want to get removed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Track_Track_and_Track\"><\/span><strong>4. Track, Track, and Track<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Only sending a deletion request to the owners and webmasters of the linking websites will not suffice in getting the bad backlinks removed. You need to track if they have accepted your request and have done the needful. In case they haven\u2019t taken the required action, send them a follow-up mail within 5-10 days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Disavow_The_Remaining_Bad_Backlinks\"><\/span><strong>5. Disavow The Remaining Bad Backlinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>What should you do if webmasters refuse to remove bad backlinks or simply don\u2019t respond? Thankfully, Google lets you disavow the backlinks you don\u2019t wish to be associated with your site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_disavow_backlinks\"><\/span><strong>How to disavow backlinks?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As a first step, compile a list of links to disavow in an Excel spreadsheet. Next, head to the Google Disavow Links tool and upload your list. Doing so informs Google not to take these very links into account at the time of determining the search engine rankings of your website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117537\" \/><figcaption>Source: Search Engine People<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All in all, do this when faced with the question of<strong> <\/strong>how to disavow backlinks<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that you know how to find and remove bad backlinks, it is important to check and remove them so that your website doesn\u2019t get penalized. The best way to do so is to carry out backlink audits to know about toxic backlinks and take the required measures to remove them. 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