How do I remove bad web directory listings?
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I am starting SEO for an E commerce website. I guess like 1 year or two ago they had another SEO company working for them. After looking in Site explorer I realized that they have like 2000 links (almost all from website directories) that have the correct anchor text but are all in the wrong categories, and most from countries like china and india. Many of the Titles are even in Chinese. This company sells packaging supplies and they are in categories like real estate, animals, and so on.
I am changing the domain name, so I guess any links to internal pages will be lost, however I have to forward the main domain to my new domain, so any links to the home page will still be there.
Does anyone know how I can remove these links??
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Thank you Irving for your response. I actually ended up calling the company who is responsible for the bad listings. Surprisingly enough they said they would remove them! Now I just have to wait and see if they actually do.
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Beg and even Pay them to remove the links. This sounds rough, but it's the harsh reality of the web these days.
http://searchengineland.com/link-directories-want-us-to-remove-your-links-pay-us-128237
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For example here is one of the links
http://www.system-tr.net/slink/?from=1037
Anchor text - Bubble Mailers
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