Instant Identifying Bad Links and Google Disavow Tool Penalty

Disavow Tool for webmasters and bloggers from Google is not a newest announcement which gives a little safer position for search professionals around the globe breathed a sigh of relief. It will keep a little advantages due to the penalties laid on them by the Penguin and Panda update.Here is the full coverage -

Instant Identifying Bad Links and Google Disavow Tool Penalty

Disavowing Links never Count Votes :-

Webmasters and bloggers can submit a disavow request and Google will automatically process that request and tag those links pointing at own mentioned site in the same manner as if they had the nofollow tag on them. On the other hand in other, as if they are not actually pointing at your site for link counting and analysis purposes as unique mandatory . 

Google has stressed that the tool is a last resort after you have exhausted all manual efforts to get bad links removed. Simply ,It can imagine that once Google disavows them that may even lose the good links and eventually own ranking may fall even further in near future.

Penguin Update Changed All : -

Google’s Penguin Update has waved the very a to z of SEO practices around the global effects such as link building. Until recently, sites linking and many more practices . Another warning has come from Google about unnatural links which can hurt site ranking eventually. This update has come down heavy on the businesses selling links and those have built a spammy link profile by using exact match anchor text extensively as a part of their business .The activity is flagged off by Google as ‘unnatural link building tactics’ and falls under heavy spamming category. It is seen that many unique and natural sites also are waved by this update .Webmasters are struggling to find a way to fix these link issues and get their site back up and it will give a way via Disavow Tool

The Best Way Of Backlinks Check :-

It is needed to take up the mammoth task of a backlink audit to see where are the toxic links coming in from and how you can get rid of them.

The major indication of Bad links :-

i. Links coming in from poor quality/spammy sites .

ii. Disproportionate anchor text links.

iii. Links from blog networks.

iv. Links from paid posts.

vi. Links from dead & rotting directories.

vii. Links from irrelevant & ‘untrustworthy’ sites.

Identify the ‘unnaturalness’ of back links profile :-

i. Site-wide links.

ii. Anchor Text Distribution.

iii. Link Networks.

iv. Blog Links.

v. Blog Comments/Forum Links.

vi. Article Directories links.

vii. Web Directories links.

viii. Footer Links.

I am sure , your site will never hit by Google for having unnatural links if it will make comparative analysis with your top competitors each month (at least once).

Best Backlinks checking Tools :-

There are a number of SEO tools give evaluations for backlinks where free and premium version available.

i. CognitiveSEO

Analysis factors of this tool- Link Position , Link Context , Majestic AC Rank , inBound Links

2. Link Research Tools

This is a premium backlink tool with a number of functionalities with proper indentification.

3. Google Webmaster Tools

In my view , Google Webmaster Tools may be the most effective and free backlinks research tool for bloggers and webmasters.

4. SEOMoz Open Site Explorer

This tool has paid and version which gives all every thing about backlinks to your site .

5. ahrefs Site Explorer

It is a paid backlinks tool which offers Number of Links, Types of Links, Number of Unique referring domains, Most extensively used anchor texts, Domains directing the biggest number of links, New links ,Lost links and etc.

Identifying weakest backlinks:-

Bloggers and webmasters can get a report of the links to own site in a descending order of their strengths for further use in Disavow Tool. Once you have the data all about your backlinks then make a list of weakest or un natural links list and then import the data into the Disavow Tool. But the fastest way would be to create a standard email to be sent across the all webmasters requesting link removal. You must include information in this order for removal request such as bellow :

i. You are an SEO or webmaster.

ii. Your site has been penalized by Google.

iii. You are working on recovering from the penalty.

iv. For the same, you need them to remove the links.

Then list the URLs of the links they send and the URL of your site they point to, and also the anchor text used for pointing to your site. If you are lucky, then you will get a reply and the link removed from those sites or it is your bad day for you then there will be no response/or there could be demand for payment for the link to be removed from their sites . At that stage, you must keep a record of all your correspondence details with every webmaster and attach that spreadsheet to the reconsideration request you send to Google for speedy action. It is better to take screen shots of the emails those are sent to the respective webmasters for removal request .

Webmasters daily do to list :

i. Keep checking your link profile regularly.

ii. Take care of the links from your own sites.

iii. Update your anchor texts.

iv. Aim for a varied backlinks profile by getting links from social media and high PR blogs, High PR forums, Youtube or video sites, and Question & Answers sites etc.

v. You should not use the disavow links tool unless you are absolutely sure that the links are negative. Even Google says and warns you when you use the tool.

If you have done everything in your capacity for cleaning your site from bad links effect then it is not sure as you will get replace your previous position.Your site’s ranking was good prior to the Penguin and Panda because of these bad or unnatural links and now you are in the trouble mode because of them which is still uncertain when will be recovered .

Final thoughts :-

It is seen that the Google penalty has been removed even there is no guarantee that your site will get the same rank you were at earlier.Your site will now set new standards of traffic and with a clean links profile you can look for better ranking secured as doing nothing, however, It may leave your site subject to an algorithmic penalty in the future.

Contributed by Shazida Khatun 

Shazida Khatun is one of the pioneer Lady webmaster from North East Indian state of Assam who loves to develop web site and contents but professionally she is teacher. Catch her on Twitter 

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Google Plus and personal privacy for bloggers and marketers

Google plus one of the hot product from Google incorporation . It is seen that maximum bloggers and marketers are rushed in Google plus but why this rushing ? Building a blog is easy but building a successful blog is difficult. The success of the blog begins by knowing the place of the audiences which are appropriate to the blog and quality time should be spent over there by a blogger. For these, social media activities are the best choice for the bloggers to grow a community around it.

Google Plus and personal privacy for bloggers and marketers

The social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are available for the bloggers to develop a community for their blog. But blogging on Google+ has become popular among the leading bloggers on the internet. Google plus is a social networking service functioning by Google which was launched in the year 2011. Lakhs of users joined to it immediately while starting this service and now it may contain millions of user as its popularity is accelerated by its usage.
 Google+  for the bloggers
Bloggers can build a brand name for their blog with Google plus as it is a product of Google. Creating a G+ page for a blog with the details which fully describes about the blog is the initial process and the bloggers should start to connect with people who are related to the blog. While reading and commenting on the blogs of same niche, it would be fine to look for the links to connect with the fascinating people on G+. The bloggers can create circles in G+ to share their blog posts. It is possible to send targeted message to the member of the circles and the bloggers could continue to publish interesting content. These would make the targeted audience to find the value of the shared posts which would let them to give “+1” for the posts shared. Spark, hangout and Huddles are some of the features of G+ which can be used by the bloggers for promotion.

Benefits of using G+ by bloggers :
Using Google+ benefits a blog, as it has thousands of plus points -

1. Search engine benefits by giving instant connectivity for the users who are searching for information in the blog.
2. The authorization advancement with ‘+1’ like the Facebook likes and twitter retweets.
3. Enhanced privacy for the content shared in the circles.

A quick guide to set the circles and privacy information in G+ :
Privacy for circles:
The bloggers can set the privacy controls for both blog posts and profile information with the customized group. The G+ circles are private by default and the bloggers can follow any minded people without their approval. Vice versa anyone can add the bloggers to their circles, but the privacy of the posts can be set by the G+ users.

 Editing profile to control the people:

1. After setting up the profile page and social groups in circles, the bloggers can edit the profile page to control the Google + privacy. Default settings of each sections of the profile page can be changed by the bloggers to allow viewing for the extended circles, custom grouping or to them alone. Every privacy group setting has an icon to express which parts are public to which groups.
2. It is possible for the bloggers to edit the search visibility by unchecking the option “Help other to find my profile in search result” which is at the bottom of the About page.
3. Visibility of the people in the social network can also be changed by the bloggers by editing the option “change who is visible here” which is under the circles list.
4. The other sections of the profile pages like profile pictures, videos, email and link are customizable as everyone can see these information by default.

Sharing in the circles:

1. After finishing the profile editing and groups for sharing, the next privacy concern of the bloggers is to control who can see and share the contents of the blog posts.
2. While sharing, if the option ‘Public’ is chosen by the blogger, then the post is visible to everyone in the circle he/she added and as well as on the profile page.
3. If the option ‘Extended circle’ is chosen then the post will be visible to all in the Public and to everyone in their circles. Also the post can be sent as a direct message to the individuals by entering the names. Both options seem little spam, so it is better to choose the option ‘public’.

Controlling the posts and information streams

1. There are post administration tools available for the bloggers to remove the sprites on the posts shared, to disable comments and resharing by others.
2. Posts from the people in the circles will appear in the stream and posts from the people who have not included in the circle, but if they are following the blogger then their posts will be shared under the ‘Incoming’ link. The bloggers can mute these types of posts, if they are not interested in that.
3. If the bloggers are continuing to get aggressive or irresistible posts, then they use ‘Block’ in the circle settings to mute the over shares

Checking other conceal privacy options and settings.

1. The blogger can use the gear icon on Google+ to enter the full settings. G+ let the bloggers to use the ‘Links’ feature to associate with the aspects of other social networks and it is possible to control who sees the links through circles.
2. The bloggers can add their blog to the Google+ account and should verify it by including rel=publisher like  <link rel=”publisher” href=“[plusPageUrl]” />

Factors of Google+ via infographics :

Conclusion:
The Google+ social network have mounted to millions of users with billions of daily share. By setting up the circles here, it is safe to share the information privately. By Lockdown the profile, the bloggers can prevent the share visible to unwanted people. By restricting the search visibility, the profile of the blogger cannot be indexed by search engines. By locking down the variety of other privacy settings, the blogger can block the user and limit the people who are sending and seeing the messages. By streaming to the appropriate, the bloggers can select the circles with they want to share the information.
Hope you have gained some knowledge about Google+ and its privacy information.

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