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This is a tough question and you will by no means ever find the perfect all in 1 solution. Remember that quite a lot of the date comes from Google Analytics and Webmasters. Some of us are either too lazy or simply dont have the time to sift through all the data, which is why we revert to these tools. I personally use Ahrefs, Monitor Backlinks, Moz and Ranktracr to monitor any spikes in my ranks.
I need some help here too please guys. I got the dreaded manual penalty last month (Unnatural links to your site—impacts links. Google has detected a pattern of unnatural artificial, deceptive, or manipulative links pointing to pages on this site. Some links may be outside of the webmaster’s control, so for this incident we are taking targeted action on the unnatural links instead of on the site’s ranking as a whole. Learn more.)due to a mysterious donator of spammy links. I suspect a competitor has done this. Admittedly when I started the site years ago I was using bad techniques but have since converted to all white hat best practices. Ive been working desperately to disavow and am about to embark on a very costly content exercise to gain some real quality links. However, since Google gave me the message my life is in a downward spiral as my site literally feeds me and my children. My DA has gone from 49 to 15 (I lost about 150 links to the disavow), my ranks are dropping daily. Is this huge drop in DA due to the disavowed links?
What can i do to save my site?
Google has detected a pattern of unnatural artificial, deceptive, or manipulative links pointing to pages on this site. Some links may be outside of the webmaster’s control, so for this incident we are taking targeted action on the unnatural links instead of on the site’s ranking as a whole.Learn more.
The solution is simple. Remember usability is key to the user experience. If you have a blog then place the blog/ in the URL. Think of an e-commerce website. You want to categorize items correctly. You don't want customers finding fridges in the microwaves category 
The solution is simple. Remember usability is key to the user experience. If you have a blog then place the blog/ in the URL. Think of an e-commerce website. You want to categorize items correctly. You don't want customers finding fridges in the microwaves category