Disavow tool is a part of the Google search console designed to remove spammy links from your link profile and help you avoid link-based penalties. Toxic or spammy backlinks can harm your site's SEO. Distinguishing links from standard links can be difficult, so you should use a backlink checker tool to determine whether a link is good or bad.
If you want to determine whether a link is harmful to your website, here are some ways that you can use to check its quality -
- If the link is coming from a page that is black-listed or banned, disavow the link.
- If the link is coming from a flagged site for possible malware.
- The link is coming from a page of a weak domain.
- If you have a backlink coming from a site that has been penalized by Google.
Don't rush to invalidate links using Google's Disavow tool. If your website has a few bad backlinks, audit those links before taking action. Disavowing links can help with your ranking, and you will see the benefits once you are familiar with the process.