Disavowing links, Is it effective?

[Keith-Eneix]

Looking for your experiences with disavowing back-links? We've been flooded with new clients who need spammy link removal services and wanted to hear more about your experience with the disavow tool.

For sites that have been penalized, how long did it take for them to come back using the disavow tool? Did you see sites come back after the next algo update?

Here's the basics of our services for link deletion:

1. Find all the spammy links
2. Contact webmasters to delete them
3. Disavow all spammy links that are part of an obvious network
4. Implement a content plan for new quality links to get the site healthy again. 
5. Report on all links removed and new links attained

Just want to make sure our processes are in line with what everyone else is doing?

[KevinBudzynski]

Great list Keith. I would add: 2. Contact webmasters to delete them and document progress

Documentation (use a Google Doc) is a key and you can share it with them to show that you are taking steps to adhere to their guidelines. Include date, url, email of webmaster, and status (links removed, didn't contacted back, wanted money and so on).  Good luck!

[RohitPalit]

Your process is pretty much on the right track. You might want to check these:

http://moz.com/blog/google-disavow-tool http://www.searchenginejournal.com/removing-16-month-google-penalty-hope-yet/