Google Processes Link Disavow Files Automatically, Without Human Review

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Jim Munro: Generally
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  Michael Stricker: worth noting, thanks, +Jim Munro ;
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  Edwin Jonk: I just read an article on SEW [1]. Apparently John already said that in February 2013:
  
  " Algorithmically, what would probably happen is that we’d see that as similar to the webmaster placing a nofollow on that link, so to a large extent I’d imagine that we would just process that automatically so that’s not something where you’d need to specifically remove everything "
  
  Or at least it is so close that he is repeating himself, no?
  
  [1] ;http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2374406/Penguin-Recovery-Should-You-Be-Removing-Links-or-Just-Disavowing
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  Jim Munro: I added it to discuss how it is at odds with Bryan White's statement made at SMX Sydney some time ago that the only thing they do with the disavow list is look at it. I concede that they are probably using it algorithmically these days but I wondered if there was a policy change for the human reviews, and if so, why?
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  Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:26:16 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/google_processes_link_disavow_files_automatically_without_human_review +Jim Munro
  
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