Why Do I Still See Bad Backlinks in diib® After Completing a Link Cleanup?

There is a diib® objective called "Investigate the backlinks that may be harming your search engine rankings." If you've completed the objective and have disavowed your spammy backlinks, you may still see these backlinks in your report. Here's why:

• Putting the disavow file to Google tells Google not to count the links against your website. It does not remove them from the offending website. They still exist, and the backlink scan will still find them. 

• Marking the objective as complete will let diib scan your website in the future and list new bad backlinks as they appear. 
• You may have opened an old alert on your dashboard. Check the date on the alert to make sure that it is no longer current.

If you are a Pro Member, you can participate in the diib® Live session on backlinks and we cover spammy backlinks as part of that live demonstration.