Disavow Spammy Domain

Is It Required To Disavow A Spammy Domain Before It Links To You?

Posted On : February 3rd, 2020   By : Diptimayee Mohanty   To : Technical SEO

As website owners, we all want to follow good practices to get better ranking from search engines like Google. But, backlinks from spammy domains can be a hurdle. Also, there are cases where some spammy websites intimidate webmasters with bad links.

And because of such issues, we have often seen webmasters trying to disavow spammy domains before those domains start linking to their sites.

But, is it really required?

Let’s know from Google expert, John Mueller.

When John was asked about this on Twitter, he said that there is no need to spend your time on preemptively disavowing links. It means, there is no need to spend your time on disavowing a spammy domain before it starts to link you.

Diptimayee Mohanty

She is the founder & director of SUVAANCE Internet Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. From mere interest to full time career, she delved into the world of digital marketing in later part of last decade and has been contributing excellent articles on Google algorithm changes, patents, SEO strategies, tools & software for marketing and analysis.

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