Remove Bad links

[Maha_3]

Is there any way to remove bad links from the links built already?

[seoaceindia]

add your site link in to the htaccess or robot.txt with block tag.

[canadafred]

Depends. If it is just a handful you can try contacting the webmaster to physically remove them and that may work. If it is many "bad" links then you may be out of luck. The thing to remember is to NOT try to manipulate your backlinking strategy by artificially building links. Let backlinks generate themselves naturally, or not generate themselves altogether. I honestly don't think it matters much either way if your web site has already established trust with the search engine because of its history of offering evolving and valuable, uniquely important content.

[jacob81]

Well said seoaceindia. By adding the bad link in robots.txt alone is enough to remove the links.

[midastouchwebs]

You can delete those links or you can create a text file and upload it with Google's disavow link tool.

[canadafred]

Disallowing the link in a robot file doesn't remove it from the face of the Internet nor does it stop the search engine from continually acknowledging it's existence.

It's all such a waste of time in 2015. Because of excessive manipulation over the years, the vast majority of links haven't much good or bad influence to begin with, if any. It surprises me to observe web developers still trying to link juice-up their web pages rather than building better, evolving content for their web pages. Deploying any artificial link building strategy is a worse thing to do today than ever before because it can only be done poorly, all the clever ways to manipulate links have already been exhausted.

[kevinbelgiean]

Try to utilize Google Disavow tools to remove bad/spam backlinks from your website. However, you should definitely need Google Webmaster access to remove (disavow) unwanted or bad backlinks.

[Zueas]

And for example, I have a link on the site that has a high trust rank, here it is: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/menibenes/blog/mad-max-game-how-i-fell-in-love/111896/. Are such links useful if trust rank of the page is not high enough? I'm afreid that this is a bad link considering that the page doesn't have other backlinks?

[hibatahir]

you must use google disove tool to do that

[Sri_3]

Will the google dissolve tool be helpful?

[krishnamodi]

There is 6 Ways to Recover from Bad Links:
1. Wait It Out
2. Cut the Links
3. Cut the Page
4. Build Good Links
5. Appeal to Google
6. Find a New Home

[Anu_5]

Use the combination of Google Analytics and Google webmaster to check bad links. Ask the web owner to remove them with comment or emails or contatc us.

[Piers Rollins]

In order to remove bad backlinks from your website, you need to send webmasters/website owners a mail with link removal requests. If you don't found any response from webmasters, then you may utilize Google Disavow Tools with the help of Google Search Console to remove bad backlinks.

[monica_14]

Disavowing links is an important part of any backlink strategy. Disvowing eliminates the backlinks from spam sites.
Go to google webmaster tool:
Create list of links to disavow in a notepad
Go to Google Disavow links option, select the domain you want to upload to disavow file and then click on "Disavow links"
The deleting doesn't gets instantly but it will take months to disavow.

[nikitacod]

Steps to remove bad links-
Identify your bad links (you'll find how exactly from this article).
Search for the contact information of the website you have the link on.
Contact the webmaster asking him to remove the link. ...
Disavow the links and upload the file to Google.

[aarticod]

1. There are numerous tools that claim to detect your bad backlinks automatically. Avoid them at all costs, or you might end up removing some of your best links.

2. Hiring a link removal company is expensive and, most of the time, not worth it. It’s best to remove bad backlinks on your own. There’s no secret formula to remove links.

3. Removing backlinks is often not enough to get rid of a Google penalty. You also have to create and submit a disavow report with all the bad backlinks.