How to Disavow Backlinks, Plus When and Why You Should Do It

Learn how to disavow backlinks using the Google Disavow Tool. When and why should you disavow backlinks? And what happens if you don't? Click to find out.

Key Points

• What is Disavowing?: Disavowing backlinks means requesting Google to ignore certain links to your site.
• When to Disavow: You should consider disavowing when receiving links from low-quality or spammy sites.
• Why Disavow: Not disavowing harmful backlinks can hurt your site's SEO.
• Using the Google Disavow Tool: It is a document process where you upload a file with links you want Google to disregard.