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SOP-080

How to disavow harmful links to clean your backlink profile

Disavowing links is scary. One wrong move can kick you out of the search engine results page. Plus, it’s an extremely annoying and error-prone process when you’re doing it manually. This SOP is here to change that

SEO
Type SOPs · PDF
Execution time 15 minutes
Last updated 27 March 2024
Who does this The person responsible for SEO
Length 9 pages

Goal

To disavow a list of links and domains in Google Search Console

Ideal outcome

You have created an accurate disavow file and disavowed the intended links in Google Search Console

Why it matters

In some cases, the only way to recover from (or avoid) a penalty might be to disavow specific links that are hurting your domain

Before you start

You need to have access to Google Search Console, you should also have determined which links and domains you want to disavow prior to executing this SOP. If you haven’t already you can first run a link audit by following SOP 076 (web version)

Key steps 4 steps

What is inside 9 headings

1 Included resource on this SOP

2 The LLM Decode SOP Library - Disavow File Generator

3 Environment setup

4 Prepare your disavow file

5 Upload your disavow file to Google Search Console 4

  1. Head over to this URL: Google
  2. Make sure you are logged in with the right user, and you have selected the correct website property, then click ‘Disavow Links’ :
  3. Click ‘Disavow Links’ once again:
  4. Click ‘Choose File’ and select the .txt file that contains your disavowed links, then click ‘Submit’:

The document 9 pages

The file is locked

It comes with the SOP Library.

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