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Backlinks from domains that are not indexed...
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Would you count them as spammy and disavow?
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thanks man
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Oh yeah, definitely agree. But it's spammy because it's spammy, not because it isn't indexed.
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Hi again
Yeah, if this is representative of the other links, you should definitely look into those and either remove/disavow them.
That's just my two cents!
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Correct, they are not indexed and they are by far spam just looking at them. Here is an example of one
http://beach.speedy.ch/joomdocs/FREE-SCRABBLE-DICTIONARY.htm
I know its spammy, I was just wondering what others thought
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Hi Cesar!
Some folks may disagree, but I'd say they're only spammy if they're spammy.
Not being indexed doesn't necessarily mean they're spam.I assume you mean they're not indexed in Google, correct? Not that they're not indexed in Open Site Explorer?
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Hi there
It really depends on the link.
The best way to define a bad link is to use your own intuition and common sense:
- Does this link help my website?
- Is this link relevant to my website?
- Would I trust this site (that's linking to me) if I landed on it?
- Is the website or content in which I am being linked from topically relevant to my website?
- If you check metrics - does anything about the metrics (domain authority, page authority,Majestic, SEMRush traffic/ranking data, etc) make me feel uneasy?
I would go through a backlink audit - what needs to be removed / disavowed? Start there and assess. Truthfully, if the site is not indexed, it's not that big of a deal. I would just make sure that's it's relevant and a good link, because it could send traffic.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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