Title: prevent link backs
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# prevent link backs

 *  [csosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csosa/)
 * (@csosa)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/)
 * Is there a way to prevent other sites from linking my website to theirs? Or is
   there a way to at least make them ask to link?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149160)
 * You don’t want people to link to your website? Is there any particular reason
   why?
 *  Thread Starter [csosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csosa/)
 * (@csosa)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149267)
 * I don’t mind if sites link to the website, in fact there are several I plan on
   leaving.
    I am new to SEO and I have read that bad links or a bunch of links 
   that are spam hurt with search engines. The website I am referring to is my church
   website that I am managing. There are several dead page’s linked to the website.
   One of the link backs is a porn picture. I’m not hating on porn but If possible
   I would like to be able to screen who has a link back to my site. I am trying
   to figure out how to get certain links removed. Do you have any tips???
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149268)
 * Google webmaster tools, I think, has a way of tracking this. Or you could try
   a plugin [http://wordpress.org/plugins/incoming-links/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/incoming-links/)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149327)
 * > Google webmaster tools, I think, has a way of tracking this.
 * It does! [http://www.google.com/webmasters/](http://www.google.com/webmasters/)
 * Also, that’s a great plugin you found. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [csosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csosa/)
 * (@csosa)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149358)
 * Thank you for suggesting the plugin that is exactly what I was looking for. I
   found the links through bing webmaster tools they show more links to the site
   than google does but I do not know how to contact the webmasters of the sites.
   I tried the whois website but I’m not sure if anyone is actually getting the 
   emails I sent requesting them to unlink to my site.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-link-backs/#post-5149360)
 * If they don’t have an email address, contact form, or comment system, whois is
   pretty much the only option you have to get in touch with them.

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