have this affect. But isn't this just another ploy to maximise income when people who aren't fully aware of the entire situation. I think the best bet would be to either wait for disavow tool from Google or to see if a particular link does hurt. I understand its a process and can take a while but rather remove one bad link instead of all. Avoid it all by doing research on the prospective linking opportunities is probably a much better idea haha. Great post Barry! Jeff Dinardo Can someone comment on, or point me to an article to, focusing on what types of incoming links I should be wary of? I'd hate to move forward with removing, or disavowing... when I might be blocking a link that isn't really dangerous. ttp://www.seogenx.com/ Nandkishor So, now removing links is also as important as getting links! It's time for Google to include Disavow feature before more of such new businesses come out. ttp://www.seogenx.com/ Nandkishor So, now removing links is also as important as getting links! It's time for Google to include Disavow feature before more of such new businesses come out. ttp://twitter.com/erocketSEO Dave Fowler This is a tough one. Most directories are populated with entries that SEOs themselves have previously, and explicitly, requested. Now, if you run one (or more commonly, more) directories, and you start receiving hundreds or thousands of link removal requests -- which has become perfectly possible in the wake of so many unnatural links warnings - then you