This is the perfect time to take these down, so you don't confuse customers or search engine spiders. Because even medium-sized news publishers carry high levels of domain authority, any link you get from one of these sources is instantly more credible and powerful than a link on a blog …

However, it does not allow you to determine if you could have done something better. Once you've decided to try and remove a link, contact whoever owns the site and ask for that link to be removed. Low-quality links can lead to a higher bounce rate and click-through rates, which …