* File type must be .txt We see people, often Mac users, having problems with their submission because they don’t create files in the correct formats. Don’t use .docx, .xlsx, .rtf, or the like. Google will not accept such files. Also some text editors cannot display the Disavow file correctly. We see Notepad sometimes has difficulties opening the file correctly. You could use other text editors like Wordpad or Sublime instead.
* The file must be encoded in UTF-8 or 7-bit ASCII.
* The file size mustn’t exceed 2 MB.
* Make sure you list one URL/ domain per line.
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