{"id":4676,"date":"2026-03-11T00:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:54:54","slug":"googles-undocumented-method-to-disavow-a-whole-tld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4676","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s undocumented method to disavow a whole TLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div id=\"articleContent\" itemprop=\"articlebody\"> <div class=\"bialty-container\"> <p>John Mueller from Google said you can block a complete TLD, top-level-domain, using the link disavow tool. He said it is not something Google documents because \u201cGiven how big of a hammer it is, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s something we should really suggest in the docs.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>How does it work. <\/strong>All you need to do is use the syntax \u201cdomain:abc\u201d in the disavow file. John posted this one Bluesky saying:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>\u201cIf you\u2019re sure that it\u2019s what you want to do, you can use \u201cdomain:abc\u201d in the disavow file. Keep in mind that you can\u2019t carve out specific domains if you like some, but if you find the TLD is almost only annoying spammers, it\u2019ll save you time.\u201d<\/li> <\/ul> <p>He later added:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>\u201cGiven how big of a hammer it is, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s something we should really suggest in the docs. I\u2019m sure all TLDs have some good sites.\u201d<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>If there is one TLD that is concerning to you, sure, you can go ahead and disavow the whole TLD. But it might be better to be more selective of how you use the disavow file and don\u2019t just block TLDs at a whole.<\/p> <p>For more on the disavow link file, see this help document.<\/p> <\/div> <hr\/> <p class=\"article-disclosure\"> <em>Search Engine Land is owned by Semrush. We remain committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics. Unless otherwise noted, this page\u2019s content was written by either an employee or a paid contractor of Semrush Inc.<\/em> <\/p> <hr\/> <div class=\"author-about py-4\"> <div class=\"card bg-light\"> <div class=\"row gx-0\"> <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-auto\"> <div class=\"authorImage p-2\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg.webp\" title=\"Google\u2019s undocumented method to disavow a whole TLD\u63d2\u56fe\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg.webp\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" title=\"Google\u2019s undocumented method to disavow a whole TLD\u63d2\u56fe1\" \/> <\/div> <\/p><\/div> <div class=\"col-12 col-lg\"> <div class=\"card-body author-body p-2\"> <div id=\"authorBio-251\" class=\"author-desc\"> <p>Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.<\/p> <p>In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the &#8220;US Search Personality Of The Year,&#8221; you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O&#8217;Clock.<\/p> <p>Barry can be followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/\">on X here<\/a>\u00a0and you can learn more about\u00a0Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.<\/p> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/div> <p> <!-- START SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p> <p><!-- END SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p><\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>News#Googles #undocumented #method #disavow #TLD1773161694<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mueller from Google said you can block a complete TLD, top-level-domain, using the link disavow tool. He said it is not something Google documents because \u201cGiven how big of a hammer it is, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s something we should really suggest in the docs.\u201d How does it work. 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