Preemptive Use of Googl'es Disavow Tool

[edwinedwin]

For general directories that we never asked to be listed on... is it a good idea to use the disavow tool for these types of links even if we haven't received any kind of penalty from Google?

The author of this article (http://searchenginewatch.com/article...its-Case-Study) seems to think so... assuming your efforts to remove the link fail.

[iTech]

Thanks for letting me know about using this tool, it was really helpful to me, there is no doubt to it, really.

[Steve Smith]

This tool can help in putting no credit to links or simply telling Google not to count the links as votes for the sites.

[StevieNYC]

I would never use it if you haven't got a penalty. My gut feeling is Google knows about those auto-scraper sites way more it does about link networks (which could be something to worry about).
By the way, here is a nice post about how to tell if you need to use the disavow tool at all http://www.link-assistant.com/blog/t...efore-disavow/