Bad back links

[PHDAustralia68]

Hi Folks

I seem to have approx 587 back links to my homepage from this site kitchendetailsanddesign.com

since my entire site has under a 1000 back links;

1. I wonder if I should be worried?

2. I've tried contacting the webmaster to remove them but no luck

any tips

[PHDAustralia68]

cheers mate

[reilly3000]

It is the email tied to your webmaster tools account

[PHDAustralia68]

WOW? How would you figure out what email google has for you?

[PHDAustralia68]

thank you

[PHDAustralia68]

thanks mate

[reilly3000]

Don't sweat it! Unless Google just sent you a message that you have a problem with bad links pointing to your site there is nothing to worry about. Google reps have stated many times that there isn't a problem with having potentially nefarious sites point to yours- otherwise people would build evil links to their competitors sites to try to take them down. This isn't the case. The only exception is that if you are paying for a link with them or it appears that you are, you may be penalized or removed from the index. As of last week Google has been letting people know with an email if their links are questionable.

[PanuKuuluvainen]

Depends on where those other links are coming from. If your link profile is natural and you have a few juicy, high authority links, I would not worry much.

Also, if your content is high quality and users like your site (bounce rate, time on site and average paveviews wise) I would not worry much even if the link profile wasn't so great.

Knowing what site we are talking about would help the evaluation

[Nemek]

Don't worry. Site-wide links happen, and having a couple here or there won't harm you. What matters more than the raw number of links pointing to your website is the number of unique sites (domains) that link to it.