Unnatural inbound link warning

[Webrevolve]

Hey guys,

One of our clients has just reported that they've received an email from WMT stating they may have "Unnatural Inbound Links".

I've done some research and found this link which certainly seemed applicable;

http://searchengineland.com/how-to-remove-your-unnatural-inbound-links-130073

As you can imagine, going through all of the client's backlinks may be a time consuming process so I was just wondering what the time frame for these Google warnings is like?

Because we've got the email now, does it mean that a bad link was built fairly recently? Or could it have been a number of months ago?

Also, what are people's experiences dealing with these type of emails? Is it just a case of sifting through links and then re-submitting to WMT?

Thanks

[irvingw]

have you been doing link building for the clients and if so have you been getting the same types of links from the same places?

[trickshotric]

It may well be recent. Another possibility is that a trigger has been sent off because you have too many unnatural looking links (as a %).

Best thing to do is to have any recent spammy links to your website removed. Then post a reconsideration request.

Then you will know the situation that you are in.