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(Entry was posted by Greg Baka on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/01/2014).

A Question about URL format for a Disavow.

Question about URL format for a Disavow. 
In a Google Disavow file you are supposed to list domains in this format:
domain:site.com

But when the URL you want to disavow is something like http://forums.example.com  would you list it in the disavow file this way:
domain:forums.example.com
or this way
domain:example.com  ???

Thanks!?
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  • Greg Baka: Question about URL format for a Disavow. ;
    In a Google Disavow file you are supposed to list domains in this format:
    domain:site.com

    But when the URL you want to disavow is something like http://forums.example.com ; would you list it in the disavow file this way:
    domain:forums.example.com
    or this way
    domain:example.com ; ???

    Thanks!
  • Mike Cooke: I sent this to a friend a while ago it looked pretty comprehensive, hope it helps. ;http://savvypanda.com/blog/guide-how-to-use-google-disavow-tool.html
  • Edwin Jonk: Q: Can I disavow something.example.com to ignore only links from that subdomain?
    A: For the most part, yes. For most well-known freehosts (e.g. wordpress.com, blogspot.com, tumblr.com, and many others), disavowing "domain:something.example.com" will disavow links only from that subdomain. If a freehost is very new or rare, we may interpret this as a request to disavow all links from the entire domain. But if you list a subdomain, most of the time we will be able to ignore links only from that subdomain.

    http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.nl/2012/10/a-new-tool-to-disavow-links.html

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/01/2014).