No follow links from ban sites
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Hello boys and girls.
I'm auditing my link profile and came across links pointing to my sites, from a ban site (site: domain.com gives back no result).yet the links are no follow.
should i try to remove them all?
i know no follow should be enough, yet my links are set in a bad neighborhood.
what would you recommend??
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I agree. Get rid of all the links that do not offer any benefit. Remove external links that don't point to good, relevant info. Disavow inbound links from any banned or questionable sources. Even if the links pointing at you are no follow, the links can still get visited. Remember, it's up to Google to respect the no follow rule. In some cases they may ignore it, if they think it's a relevant link.
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Remove what you can and disavow the rest.
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