: Is it a problem if someone disavows my site? I'm getting threats that other sites will do that if I don't remove links I've been getting to many of these emails: My name is John Doe

@Heady270

I would say no. And this question has been asked on Google webmaster forums and the response was:


Having URLs from your website submitted in their disavow file will not
cause any problems for your website. One might assume that they are
just trying to pressure you. If the comment links they pointed to you
are comment-spam that was left by them (or by someone working in their
name) on your website, perhaps they are willing to help cover the work
involved in cleaning their spam up?

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@Jessie594

I really wouldn't worry. Google can't rely on the genuineness and accuracy of user generated disavow lists to blacklist/penalise domains on the internet. At present, if your domain ends up on a website's disavow list, this just tells Google that website does not trust (or can't vouch for) the link from your website to theirs and to subsequently not factor in the weight (whether positive or negative) when determining the value of links to your domain.

Whether Google does something further if a domain/URL ends up on X amount of disavow lists is another question though and I wouldn't doubt for one second that they'll issue a penalty of some nature if many website owners are disavowing the same source.

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