Moz Spam Score 9/17 when there are no links
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Hi
I was just looking at a competitors new site in OSE and it had a DA and PA of 1 which I would expect and also no links, which again I would expect, basically the guy used to design stuff for me and thinks he can do a better job so he is giving it ago.
But he has a spam score of 9/17 but no links - how is this even possible.
Thanks
Andy
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Hi there Andy,
Yes, ViviCa1 is right - a number of factors go into the calculation of Spam Score based on what we've seen of a site. You can take a look at the factors we've found for a particular site by clicking on the bar chart image in the metrics section at the top of the page in Open Site Explorer.
You can learn more about the factors we're looking at and what they mean in this article & video by Rand:
Article: Spam Score: Moz's New Metric to Measure Penalization Risk
Video: Understanding and Applying Moz's Spam Score Metric - Whiteboard Friday
I hope this helps to explain what you're seeing!
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If you click on the spam score it will tell you which spam flags the domain has. There are quite a few which are unrelated to links.
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