Disavow Tool and Penguin 2.0

[onlinedude1]

I utilized the disavow tool to disavow every spammy link coming to my site when the tool first arrived and I saw my rankings recover from an obvious penalty. About a week and half before Penguin 2.0 rolls out my rankings drop like bricks.

I haven't built any sort of links whatsoever (new spammy links) so I'm not sure how to rectify the situation. I'm doubting whether the disavow tool ever worked to begin with. Any thoughts? Thanks.

[FIMS]

I am not sure about the effectiveness of disavow, however I have seen websites go from rank 1 to page 5 and back in the space of a few weeks, after google penguin updates! The settle back down to a decent, stable rank.

Google will get the ranking algorithm working in time, however in the meantime, expect some dramatic rank rises and falls.

[onlinedude1]

Thanks for the response Jesse! I meant to say that after the disavow, I haven't built any spammy links. I still have authoritative links but around this past May 10th, I lost 60% of my traffic.

[jesse-landry]

"I haven't built any sort of links whatsoever"

Well.. that's your problem right there! You need to be building authoritative, relevant links to strong content created to promote and market your site. Pages don't get ranked based on page title and content alone. Google needs to see that your site is somewhat of an authority on the keywords in question.

Get to marketing and watch your SERPs climb!