How to triage a vendor's 'toxic links' export in 15 minutes

How to triage a vendor's 'toxic links' export in 15 minutes

Your tool flagged 1,200 'toxic' domains. Don't disavow the list. Triage it:

— Sort by whether you placed the link. Self-placed manipulation is the only category that matters.
— Drop everything flagged purely on 'low domain score' or 'spammy TLD'. That's the vendor's model guessing, not a Google signal.
— Drop scraper copies of your own site — those are reflections, not attacks.
— Keep: paid links with money anchors, link-network footprints, sitewide footer links you bought.
— Cross-check survivors against your actual link-building history.

If the keep-pile is empty, congratulations — you have nothing to disavow.

Reality check: a 'toxicity score' is a sales metric. Triage converts a scary number into the handful of links that were ever your fault.