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Matt - thanks for jumping in the comments. Can you confirm that the disavow tool is automatic? Or do people need to file a reconsideration request? Is the answ
by TomAnthony 13y ago
Matt - thanks for jumping in the comments.
Can you confirm that the disavow tool is automatic? Or do people need to file a reconsideration request? Is the answer different depending on whether there is a manual penalty or an algorithmic decrease in rank/trust?
I ask because you recommended it for people who are concerned about potential negative SEO, and I'm want to be clear on how that works. I think there is certainly a perception that a reconsideration request is some sort of admission of guilt, and I can imagine people being reticent to file one if they weren't responsible for the links in question.
- Matt_Cutts 13y agoThe disavow tool is automatic for any algorithmic rankings (such as Penguin and Panda). If you have a manual webspam action, then you should get a notice after you verify your site at google.com/webmasters . In the case of a manual webspam action, our advice is try to get any spammy links that you put on the web taken down. If there are some spammy links that you can't get taken down off the web, you can use the disavow tool for those remaining links and then do a reconsideration request.
- davak 13y agoMatt - I've never received a notice of bad or spammy links. Am I correct in assuming that there would be no gain in gambling with the disavow tool?