Why Google not disavow some bad links
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I have submitted bad links that I want to disavow on google with the Moz Pro hight spam score. Its almost 4 months completed yet I have a bad link that exists with high spam score any solution?
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Hi Mark,
Don't fret too much about spammy links. According to Google, they try to limit negative effects of third party sites.
Spammy backlinks that bring you down usually come with a "manual action", that is a big penalty sent down from the big man Google himself. These actions are made when it appears these spammy links are deliberate, paid for, or appear to be "black hat SEO".
Unless you've experienced one of these penalties, or want to pre-empt one, you don't need to disavow them. If you want to check for manual actions or would still like to disavow these links and keep track of them, use the Google Search Console.
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Yep. I see people stare blind on PA/DA numbers while it is not even connected with Google. What you might look for is low quality pages with links to your site or pages, and having a money keyword. Those might affect ranking(s) and you want to look out to those links in particular.
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for the question.
The spam score tool from Moz and the disavow tool from Google are not connected to each other, which is why you won't see any changes in a spam score after you've added a link to a disavow file.
The tool from Moz is designed to give you an indicator of a low-quality link, whilst the disavow tool from Google is designed to help you tell Google which links to your website which they should ignore. So I wouldn't worry that a link is still showing a high spam score in Moz - as long as you've disavowed it with Google (I'd recommend only disavowing links that are clearly spammy) then that's all that you should need to do.
I hope that helps!
Paddy
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