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Types of Link Removal Requests and Where are We Heading?
A critique of link-removal pressure, nofollow fear, and the way disavow-era workflows changed web linking behavior.
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The article frames removal and disavow requests as a response to search-engine pressure and argues that links remain the foundation of the web.
It breaks removal requests into several tones: polite change requests, polite nofollow requests, requests to remove links, disavow threats, and bogus DMCA notices.
For the blog, this makes a strong editorial post because it mixes opinion, process, and link-risk language that fits an SEO audience.