Sorry, My Abandoned List...
Originally sent to the GrindstoneSEO email list.
By Grind — Founder of GrindstoneSEO. Building links since 2006. @GrindstoneSEO
I've been neglecting you for those Twitter XEO heauxs.
Something like this, probably: https://imgflip.com/i/8p3e5r
Or maybe you're happy not to hear from me.
Reply and let me know if so.
Anyway, quick update.
Last Thursday, I helped a client re-analyze their disavow project.
We used only LinkResearchTools on it originally and covered about 30% of the links.
You can see the progression of progress in this series of nested tweets, with the first update the oldest and the most recent @ the link:
https://x.com/GrindstoneSEO/status/1786396666381455462
I knew something was off because this was the first one I've done (we're counting in dozens now) where some major pages went up...and a bunch went down.
It's typically either all up or some up, some flat.
Digging in, I ran the entire Disavow file through the Loom process I shared last week and immediately saw the issue.
342 high quality domains disavowed.
Probably user error on my part but also I definitely think LRT is tuned a little too cautious for my liking.
Anyway, here we are 4 days later, Disavow only, no further recrawl of the removed domains and as you can see, boomstick.
https://p114.p2.n0.cdn.zight.com/items/d5uXz1rd/e5b80355-a8ae-4bbe-bd40-9501205e7ee9.jpeg
That's all CBD, THC, big dollar stuff you can't buy clicks on.
And I'm out of links so I can't show Mueller tweeting that the Disavow isn't for non manual penalties and there is nothing to be gained by disavowing toxic links that Google already ignores and then his minions piling and parroting him.
But that's good fun so head over to X and have a read if so inclined.
I can't share any more links but if you need either of the videos for the current process, reply and I'll send them over.
Cheers,
Grind
P.S Nothing to see here. I've removed 2/3 things you can order and we're hammered on the 3rd so I won't push you to go buy links that move the needle.
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