Dec 18
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Since the Penguin 4.0 update Google devalues bad links versus demoting the pages they link to. So when John was asked why Google Search Console doesn’t have a way to notify webmasters of bad links pointing to their site, John said “If we recognize them, we can just ignore them – no need to have you do anything in most cases.”
See the rest here:
Google: We Don’t Need To Notify You Of Bad Links Because We Just Ignore Them