Paying to Remove Links?
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I emailed a directory asking to have my link removed and they responded that it costs $20.
Does anyone have experience paying to remove links? I would never do this on a mass scale, but for individual links is it worthwhile or a waste of money?
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I never pay a single penny to remove the links. I put all these sites in the disavow tool.
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Sara-
Ditto. If you absolutely 100% know the link is bad and it is causing you issues then go for it but a much better and more affordable strategy is building solid links to dilute its impact.
I would tell you we have recently been focused on removing links for several clients and even when we focus on getting the links removed, its not magic pixie dust when they go away. We get significant improvements but we find that it is usually multiple links.....
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Mark
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In your place I would focus on link diversity using as many different sources as possible so any negative signal a directory brings to the house gets dumbed down over time.
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