Removing links from blogpost inactive blogs
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Hi there, I am having alot of difficulty in removing links to my domain name from .blogspot.com blogs which are inactive and i cannot contact the user.
Not so great previous seo works were done and i now need to clean it up, however no idea how to get rid of these blogspot ones.
As Google own it, do they have a contact form for it, where i can complain and get pages removed?
Any help MUCH appreciated guys and gals.
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No problem, I feel for your predicament.
Let me know if you need any help with anything.
Thanks,
David
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Yeah it's all going to our homepage, and i cannot move domains
17 bogspot dodgy blogs i need to get us removed from and 40 other sites who have nicely got no contact or whois info.
Brnading is the key i totally agree, thankyou for your advice, it is appreciated.
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Yeh you want at least 50% of your keywords to be branded, so I can see why you are having problems. The two prong attack should help you though, if you can get 20-30 links removed and build the same amount, the balance will be moving back in your favour.
The page that is ranking on page 3, is that the one with all the exact match anchor text pointing at it?
If there are no great links in there, it might be worth cutting your losses and sending a 404 for that page, and launching the same page from fresh.
If the dodgy links are at your home page, then it looks like you're stuck pushing for these removals (unless you're ready to up and move domains).
I'm always about pushing for new links rather than trying to tidy up old ones, but in this scenario I can see your hand is being forced.
Cheers
David
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Hi David, yeah im doing lots of branded links but the situation is this:
Anchor text one = 110 linking domains
Anchor text two = 57 linking domains
Anchor text one is what we want = were on page 3, its a very very competitive keyword
Anchor text two is brand.
I believe the reason is theres just far too many linking domains going to anchor text one.
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Fair enough, if there's loads then you might have your options narrowed down.
Are they pointing at the home page or individual url's? If there are any url's that have tons of the dodgy links pointing at them, it might be worth killing them with a 404. Google went on record last week saying that any links pointing at a 404 will be discounted, so would be a good option for something like this.
Even if you go down the route of removing the links, I'd still recommend working to build up a stock of decent branded links at the same time.
If you want any help with the project, let me know.
Thanks
David
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Thankyou very much, yes they have to go if i can get rid, way too many links done for the same anchor text.
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Hi Paul,
For the effort you would have to go through to get these links removed, you would be much better spending the time building new links that will boost your site whilst counteracting any links you think are damaging you.
Unless the number is in the thousands, I wouldn't worry about it at all. Go out and acquire some fresh, branded, links that will balance out your profile.
That said, if you are determined to have them removed, it will be a long hard slog with no guarantee that Google would play ball. There are a few ways to contact them, they would probably suggest using their product forums. However, if you want a quicker repsonse find some Googlers on G+ and fire them a message. A good chunk of their bonus is based on the success of G+, so they are all desperate to make it work. If you find the right Googler from the products team you might be able to get some answers.
Cheers
David
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