Doing Link Removal? Use This Flowchart to Quickly Evaluate Backlink Quality

“Great resource! Link removal can be a tedious task, but this flowchart simplifies the process, helping to swiftly assess backlink quality and make informed decisions. A must-have for anyone managing SEO strategies!”

I think this is a great flow chart to simplyfy the process specially for those who are not too familiar with basic SEO. Many of those who’ve been penalized seem to be in a frenzy to remove ALL the links they have, it is heart-breaking watching them drive the knife deeper in the wound that Google inflected upon them. I say Google inflected because Google (through Matt Cutts) has been saying for years that external incoming links would not negatively affect websites because they have no control over them. The savvy SEOs did indeed suspected that Google would do (or is actively doing) something about it, even though they are saying they wouldn’t, simply because it is their most important signal in calculating PR. Now where does this leave people who believed in Google’s claims? and what evidence does Google or anyone else for that matter have to guarantee that those businesses are responsible for the link spam (although I personally think that most are). With this move many innocent businesses have suffered catastrophic losses that they may never recover from, and the most important thing that came of it is that google is now saying, without any doubt, that any one can sink or decimate a competitor by pointing a ton of useless links at their website and claim their position at the top of the SERPs, until someone else comes along and know them off of it… turning this into the Internet’s version of the wild wild west, and making the blackhatters giggle with delight at the new opportunities.

Thanks for this. Removal of bad links is so vital, making this massively useful!

It’s great flow chart, which help to remove spamming links. Thanks for posting.

Hi Bob,

Really pleased to see that you have shared this. We’ve been more than a little concerned about the number of site owners who are jumping into link removal campaigns without real confidence in their knowledge of links they want to remove.

Your flowchart actually helps give non-professional SEOs the basic understanding needed to make the correct decision about link value and effect.

For those who still have some niggling doubts about whether they have gotten it all right, we’ve found the SEOgadget Cleanup & Contact Tool a useful double-check.

While we built our tool to make backlink removal campaigns easy to manage, we certainly don’t want anyone making mistakes and ending up removing links that are useful!

I’m off to add your post to “Helpful Resources” list.

Thanks again!

Hi Bob, thanks for the flow chart, at least I know how to start a link removal plan! :)