Links, links, links
Google’s Disavow tool is something I use occasionally to help sites strategically recover from traffic losses of one kind or another.
Many SEOs use it to disavow “shady links.”
But what would happen if you disavowed every link pointed at your website?
I was curious enough to try and find out… (who needs traffic anyway?)
My traffic didn’t exactly tank, but the experiment ended up surprising me more than expected.
What I learned is that the tool is still very powerful.
And Google is talking about getting rid of the disavow tool entirely.
Ouch!
Regardless, to read everything about what I learned, read the post:
I Disavowed Every Link To My Website. Here’s What Happened
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1) Turn Insights from the Leaked Google Docs Into Actionable SEO Strategies
We’ve seen a lot of posts written on the Google Leaks, but this one from Eric Lancheres absolutely kills it, with tons of actionable SEO tactics to try.
And if you publish any videos, this post by Emina Demiri-Watson is a must-read: Digging into the Video Content Modules of Google’s API Leak
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4) Markup Multiple Items On Category Pages
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Best of luck with your SEO!
