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<\/p>\nProbably you are familiar with the story of the two English salesmen who went down to Africa in the 1900s. They were sent down to find if there was any opportunity for selling shoes, and they wrote telegrams back home. And one of them wrote: “Situation hopeless. Stop. They don’t wear shoes.” And the other one wrote: “Glorious opportunity. They don’t have any shoes yet.” \u00a0There’s a similar situation when it comes to The Disavow \u00a0Tool also, because there are some people who think that it’s an overrated tool, worthless to use, and there are some others who think they ain’t seen nothing yet. What both categories of people have in common, are myths: \u00a0The stories woven around this tool which appear when imagination and groundless extrapolation are stronger than knowledge. As JF Kennedy quoted, “the great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”<\/p>\n
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In a previous article<\/a>, we put all together some great experts’ opinions about the biggest disavow myths of all. We then realized that a Disavow Mythology needs to be done, therefore we’ve dug in everywhere we could, we’ve made some serious research and we’ve tried to make a comprehensive list of myths regarding the Disavow Tool, as a follow-up of the previous article.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Without any other introduction, let’s meet the biggest myths of all:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. The Disavow Process is Not Automatic. A Manual Inspection Is Done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There has been some speculation that the disavow tool is not really the result of automated processes, but rather that every time it is \u00a0used, a manual inspection is preformed. Aside from the fact that this would actually mean a lot more work for Google, it has actually been confirmed that the disavow process is fully automatic and there is no need to follow-up with a reconsideration request. The disavow tool is \u201cautomatic for any algorithmic rankings (such as Penguin and Panda)\u201d,supposedly said<\/a> \u00a0Matt Cutts himself on a thread from more than a year and a half ago. Of course, reconsideration requests remain an option for manual webspam action, but only after you\u2019ve first tried to take it down yourself. The disavow tool, however, leaves nothing for manual processing, which is probably why it\u2019s always subject to extreme caution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Someone Could Use the Disavow Tool to Harm Your Site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The answer to the question of wheather somebody could use the disavow tool to harm your site is as short and straightforward as it can be: NO. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Google Disavow Does Not Work on Penguin Penalties<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The Disavow Tool is not a link cure-all that will propel your site into new heights of ranking and traffic. Yet, it’s purpose is pretty clear : to help you solve unnatural links issues by asking Google not to take certain links into account when assessing your site. As Google itself states<\/a>, \u00a0if you believe your site’s ranking is being harmed by low-quality links you do not control, you can ask Google not to take them into account when assessing your site.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Furthermore, the Google Disavow tool became such a popular topic in the aftermath of the Penguin 2.0 update. It became clear that this tool was developed in order to help webmasters solve their issues regarding penalties.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Disavowed Links Disappear from GWT<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Just like when you unsubscribe from unsolicited mail, once you disavow a link you should stop seeing or hearing about it altogether, right? Sort of. At any rate, Google will pretend not to see it from that moment on (by basically sticking an invisible nofollow tag to the link). The link, however, will not just disappear into thin air and you will still be able to see it in the Google Web Toolkit (remember that it\u2019s the Disavow, not the Delete tool). So at a very basic level, there might not be any discernable difference, but that is no reason to panic. Just because you\u2019re not seeing any visible change, it doesn\u2019t mean there hasn\u2019t been any.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Matt](\"http:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Matt-Cutts-on-Forum-Disavow-1024x216.png\" "\\"Matt")
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\nWhy? Because one would need access to your Google Webmaster Tool account in order to submit a disavow on your behalf.<\/p>\n![\"Disavow](\"http:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disavow_google.png\" "\\"Disavow")
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