Blacklist IP on Barracuda hurt your Rankings?
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Hey Everyone,
I was wondering, I ran a website IP address on http://mxtoolbox.com/ and the website was on the blacklist on only one place that is on BARRACUDA.
**Also the website other than that the site is clean. **
- Domain clean by Google Safe Browsing:
- Domain clean by Norton Safe Web:
- Domain clean on Phish tank:
- Domain clean on the Opera browser:
- Domain clean by SiteAdvisor:
- Domain clean by the Sucuri Malware Labs blacklist:
- Domain clean on Yandex (via Sophos):
- Domain clean by ESET:
So I have 2 questions. The site in question is a Classifieds Ad Website
1. Does your ranking get affected if you are associated with a website who is linked to you and is on the blacklist for spam only on Barracuda?
**2. If a website has a bad rating on WOT or WEBUTATION. Does that also hurt your ranking? **Your help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Hi there,
As you know, there are tons of websites that publish IP blacklists and not everyone of them are authentic. It is no uncommon that IP that belong to legit companies get blacklisted. While these are false positives, there is nothing to worry if you find your IP blacklisted in one or two places. However, you might want to investigate if your IP has been blacklisted in many places.
You can use the following tool to check the same:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check
For barracuda removal request, here is the URL:
http://www.barracudacentral.org/rbl/removal-request
1. Does your ranking get affected if you are associated with a website who is linked to you and is on the blacklist for spam only on Barracuda?
- No, not at all
2. If a website has a bad rating on WOT or WEBUTATION. Does that also hurt your ranking?
- Not directly and moreover, WOT and Webutation scores/ratings can be easily inflated and manipulated. As long as your website stands upto the expectations of your visitors and serves the purpose of its existence, you should be good.
Those were my two cents. All the best to you my friend.
Regards,
Rafi Devanur
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