WMT and 'Links To Your Site'
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Anyone else find that there are, almost continually, links added to the 'Links To Your Site' list from years ago that weren't previously reflected?
I'm seeing links that were added to directories in 2008 (by whoever was doing the SEO then) only showing in the last week or so when these links weren't in the list a few months ago.
I don't suppose there's much I can do - it's just annoying in that it adds to more people to contact to have nonsense removed.
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Hi,
Have you read this:
http://www.seroundtable.com/google-webmaster-tools-links-back-16349.html
They have fix it out.
If you want, you can disavow those links in Google webmaster tool. Want to know more about it: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.in/2012/10/a-new-tool-to-disavow-links.html
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