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How do I find Bad Links pointing to my websites?

Hello Friends,

Just as I mentioned in my previous post that this guy who sells his 10 cent a link service on SEOClerks disguised as an exclusive PBN service screwed 2 of my websites. He didn't even provided me the names of the websites where he built the backlinks, he made total 40 backlinks and I have found 6 of them.

Now, the question is "How do I find all the backlinks that he made for my websites?"

He is not replying to my messages and I need your help to disavow them all.

Thank you!

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idealmike
Hi mate. Well the first thing to do is check in Google for them.

To do that you literally do a search using this search operator

"site.com" -site:site.com

This will show you all the results found where "site.com" was found, but minus out any results from actual site.com (your site).

So if your site is bubblegumwrappers.com you would search in Google

"bubblegumwrappers.com" -site:bubblegumwrappers.com

Doing that will show you all the sites where that link was found on. Regardless to the link type. Whether it's simply that link as text on a page or hyperlinked or not. That way you will be able to find out which ones are good and which are bad links.

By the way, have you received any message in Google Webmaster Tools? Are you using it? The first thing to do here would be to add your site to Google Webmaster Tools. If there is no message given to you such as some penalty notice, then it's probable that these links aren't being counted negatively to your site by Google.

However, you should also use it so that if they are, you can then collect these links, put the URLs where you link is in a text file and then upload that text file to the Google Disavow tool.

As said in your last discussion though, this wont actually remove those links, it only tells Google not to count them as part of your backlinks. You will still have to actually remove them. This is a whole other process and involves contacting the webmaster where those links are and asking them to remove them. If they do not remove them, you can find out who their host is (possibly from a whois) and then send their host a message reporting the website where your links are and asking them to remove it. Chances are they will.

If they don't, your next option is to send them a Cease and Desist notice. Since no host wants to get involved in any lengthy legal dispute which could end up going to a court of law that could cost them a lot of money to do so (legal fees) they will just remove them.

So do these things first, search, ask to remove. But use the Google Disavow tool as a temporary solution NEVER a permanent solution!

Good luck!



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WinnersPBN
Hello Mike,

I did check twice using site:mysitename.com but I found only my own site's pages both the times. Yes, I started using the Google Webmaster Tools yesterday but I haven't got any message from them yet.



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idealmike
Not just site:mysitename.com but site:mysitename.com -site:mysitename.com. The -site: part is very important to be used with it as well otherwise it will show your actual site too.

And okay, if you've added your site to Google Webmaster Tools and there is no warning message of any kind then you don't have any penalty from these links.

Anyway, didn't the seller give you a link report? It would contain all the links created so that you don't even need to do this. But if there's no warning message in GWT then just carry on doing good SEO on your site and then these bad links will pale into insignificance.

Google knows that the webmaster is not always responsible for all the links their sites pick up. That's why it provides the Disavow Tool. But if you do good SEO as well it kinda cancels them out if you know what I mean. If you have a good SEO plan in place. Check out my guide on Where and How to Get Your First 50 High Quality SEO Ranking Backlinks for Your New Website. Your website NEEDS to have links from all of these sites if you want your site to be taken seriously by the Search Engines.



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WinnersPBN
No, he sent me a blurred report and when asked he replied that he also got a blurred report from the seller he bought from. Sorry, Mike, I tried site:mysitename.com -site:mysitename.com also but it also didn't work.

I just bookmarked your discussion, great thread you made there. Thanks for being so helpful.



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Cristian
You should find all backlinks and domains in Search Console (Google webmaster tools). If you recently created the account give it some time, it may take up to 48 hours for Search Console to be up to date.

Once in Search Console go to Search Traffic - Links to Your Site. You should see all the backlinks there. Once you figure out the bad backlinks, go here: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main to disavow them.
Cheers.



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EliteWriter
Since you only started using it yesterday you might need to give it some time. In the meantime do follow Mike's explanation so as to hopefully sort this out as soon as possible. I am sorry you had to go through this after all the hard work on your sites. It is a pity that there are such sellers. Instead of giving you the service you wanted, he ended up wracking havoc with what you had worked on, and that is doubly infuriating. I wish you luck eljefeseo.



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Lynne
I wish you luck sorting all of that out, and then afterwards remember to use a good seller for quality SEO packages here. Don't buy bulk backlinks cheap!

There are some really good services here, you just need to spend some time researching and chatting to the sellers first.



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WinnersPBN
I didn't buy anything bulk or cheap, Lynne, it just happened. I am consulting a top seller here, maybe I will be able to hit page 1 again.

Thanks for the advise.



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Corzhens
That’s a neat lesson that we have learned from the bad service in backlink building. I guess it is not wise to opt for quick SEO methods like using software for automated backlink building or even hiring a service for that purpose. Nothing can beat the natural way of building backlinks especially if you are the one doing it. Anyway, I hope you can pinpoint all the bad backlinks for deletion.



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