{"id":738,"date":"2013-11-25T18:45:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:20:40","slug":"matt-cutts-says-you-can-use-the-disavow-tool-anytime-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/matt-cutts-says-you-can-use-the-disavow-tool-anytime-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Cutts Says You Can Use the Disavow Tool Anytime You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent video Google&#8217;s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, said that you can use the disavow tool even if you do not see that Google team members have given you a &#8220;manual action&#8221; in your Google Webmaster Tools.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Should I use the disavow tool even if there&#039;s not a manual action on my site?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFJZXpnsRsc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>When to Use the Google Disavow Tool<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>You, in the past, conducted bad SEO or hired a bad SEO who built bad links to your site and you can&#8217;t get those links removed.<\/li>\n<li>Your rankings dropped and you think the Google Penguin algorithm caused this drop.<\/li>\n<li>You noticed a link bomb attack and are afraid it might hurt your site.<\/li>\n<li>There are links to your site that you do not want to be associated with.<\/li>\n<li>Your site seems to have been hit by negative SEO.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How to Use the Google Disavow Tool<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Check the quality of your backlink profile to find whether you have links that you don&#8217;t want to be associated with. 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