How often do you check whether you are linking to sites that might not be in good standing with Google? Writing blog posts you can’t help to give out lots and lots of links over time but what if some of these links are starting to hurt your search engine ranking? Linking to banned sites will definitely not do you any good and the best you can do is to remove those links fast.

But luckily you don’t have to click every link and check your Google toolbar to see whether the site you’re linking to is good or bad. Using the Bad Neighborhood Link Checker Tool you can test your entire site in a matter of minutes (depending on the size of the site).

The tool will provide you with information on what sites are good, medium or bad. The bad links will need to be removed at once but the questionable links will have to be checked manually. I’ve just tested some of my largest sites and luckily there wasn’t much that needed a change.