(Entry was posted by Jim Munro on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 09/13/2013).

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More disavow tool mystery. Personally I feel Google have been less than honest from the outset in their public pronouncements about this tool.

CC +Jim Munro might be interesting for your hangout.

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Rob Wagner: Interesting article ;
Tim Capper: This is what i posted on his post ( for some reason i cant get a link for it)

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But you already have answered your own question +Cyrus Shepard ;

Google has stated (or rather JM in webmaster hangouts) that the disavow will get processed (if algorithmic penalty) when the algo runs .

This is what exactly happened in you case (as you point out) - the disavow file took effect after the May Penguin roll out.

The reverse applies, with the removal of the file - you will need to wait until the next penguin roll out for the removal of disavow file to be processed.

If a manual penalty - they will process disavow with submission of Recon
If algo penatly - they will process disavow when algo re runs.

So if you are going to have a penatly applied ..... Pray for a Manual one :) It is far easier to recover the site