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Re:Google is Breaking the Internet by RealGeek on Sunday May 18, 2014 @06:26PM (#7764656)
If my website is getting spammy links, which I did not create. Additionally, it is out of my control to create / edit / remove those links.

In such scenario, how does Google determines if I created the links? Does Google have precognitive abilities or it can spy on my communication channels (Gmail, Google Voice, Hangouts etc.) to figure out if I am innocent?

Re:Google is Breaking the Internet by Isofarro on Monday May 19, 2014 @04:38AM (#7766382)
That's where the Google disavow links tool comes in: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main?p...

A model is only as good as the information in it. In this case providing details of these spammy links helps you, and every other site targeted through the same sites/networks/fingerprints.

Consider it a reverse no-follow mechanism.