A disavow file is a .txt file used to ask Google to disregard bad or spam backlinks. Because backlinks can affect search rankings, webmasters should monitor links pointing to their sites, including links created through malicious black hat SEO. They can list harmful links in a disavow file and send it to Google to help protect the site from ranking losses associated with those backlinks.
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