How to Reduce the spam score of the website?

[Alonsofrederick]

@ViviCa1 thanks for the tip, was able to remove the spam on my domain Martiniquequeens.

I also did let Google know about those bad domains that where pointing to my domain.

[bernzluiz]

I'm facing the same problem, just bought an expired domain. At first the spam score is 0%, after some work in it, suddenly the spam score increase to 61% https://thestreaming.net/
Luckily, the other one is fine https://professorkayo.com/

[EZA168]

@wheatandfire pardon me for need your advice. Unfortunately a week ago i was in rush bought this expired domain https://freewebtemplates.com which i didnt check past content from web archive which actually used to be porn site.

Should i use it for moneysite? Anything i can do to "stabilize" spam score due to porn site on the past?

[wheatandfire]

@Domain-Matty I would add they will not add to your SERP ranking directly but they will help to validate things like NAP, indicators and local search even spammy links can add boost to those areas.

[wheatandfire]

@ariahutton Google has said over and over you do not need to "clean up" your backlinks it is a waste of your day ...

[wheatandfire]

@wheatandfire Unless I should say you have put your keywords in or around the link and paid for that link or created it yourself maybe just maybe but probably 98% chance of not going to affect you ... good or bad ...

[wheatandfire]

@offilery Google has stated over and over and over again you do not need to worry about spam and creating a disavow file is not needed go look at how many horrible backlinks any D60+ website has they would have to refresh their disavow every week ... people wake up lol

[Domain-Matty]

@SDavid088 Don't waste your time. Did you read the very first post (down the bottom) of this page?

Just ignore the spam score and focus and building new quality links.

Google does not count bad links. It totally ignores them. Some of those links that you think might be nad could actually be having a postive effect on your website.

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[seoaaa2innovate]

@Read_Us_Online how ?

[SDavid088]

@aneesc said in How to Reduce the spam score of the website?:

Good day, I have a site https://smartplumbing.co.za/ that is ranking high on the spam score (83%) and would like to decrease it. It is an old domain that I purchased so the previous owners done some bad back links on this domain.

Improving the spam score of a website can be a crucial step in maintaining its reputation and visibility. While I can offer some general advice on reducing spam scores, please note that specific steps may vary depending on the nature of the spammy backlinks and the website itself. It is recommended to consult with an SEO professional for a comprehensive analysis and tailored solutions. Here are a few general strategies you can consider:

Backlink audit: Perform a thorough backlink audit to identify the spammy links pointing to your website. Tools like Google Search Console, Moz, or Ahrefs can help you identify and analyze your backlink profile.

Remove or disavow bad links: Reach out to webmasters of websites hosting the spammy backlinks and request removal. If direct removal is not possible, use Google's Disavow Tool to disavow those links. This signals to search engines that you don't endorse or want to be associated with those links.

Content optimization: Focus on creating high-quality, original, and relevant content that provides value to your users. By delivering valuable content, you can attract natural and authoritative backlinks, which can positively impact your website's overall SEO.

Internal linking and site structure: Optimize your website's internal linking structure to ensure a logical and user-friendly navigation experience. This can help search engines crawl and understand your site better.

Social media presence: Develop an active and engaging presence on relevant social media platforms. By sharing valuable content and interacting with your audience, you can enhance your online reputation and potentially attract organic traffic and natural backlinks.

Monitor and maintain: Regularly monitor your website's backlink profile and spam score using SEO tools. Continuously evaluate new backlinks and take necessary action to address any potential spammy links.

Remember, improving the spam score of a website takes time, effort, and consistent monitoring. It's important to focus on providing value to users and following ethical SEO practices to build a strong online presence.

[ariahutton]

To reduce the spam score of your website, focus on cleaning up your backlink profile, improving website security, creating high-quality content, implementing spam filters and captchas, moderating user-generated content, avoiding link schemes, and conducting regular website audits for optimization.

[ariahutton]

To reduce the spam score of your website, clean up your backlink profile, create quality content, implement security measures, use captchas and form validation, utilize spam filters, moderate user-generated content, avoid link schemes, and regularly audit and optimize your website.

[Read_Us_Online]

@albertehardeman Don't worry, it will take some time and it will be fixed as soon as possible.

My website spam score was 28 and after 3 month it was fixed automatically.

[albertehardeman]

hello , my cilent website https://vccload.com/ spam score 39 already disavow all the bad backlinks but still now 39 spam score

[Mangesh315]

its simple just disavow all the bad backlinks of your site and after a few months, your spam score will be down for sure.

And yes, the most important thing is Spam score and DA doesn't affect your site ranking and standing in google.

It's just a metric of Moz to analyse website growth.

[Domain-Matty]

@mortezat This is not true and very bad advise.

[Domain-Matty]

@offilery Took a look at your backlink profile. I suggest you stop spamming forums and work on things like your content production and good outreach. Or maybe even put your hand in your pocket and buy some real links or so some press releases.

Why are you posting your link into gay woman forums?

https:// www. gaywomenforum. com/forum__list_replies~ftop_key__3853~call_handle__13942.html

[Domain-Matty]

@offilery There is no real need to worry about the spam score. In terms of SERP it won't harm you and it's not a meteric search engine engines look at.

The Moz Spam score metric is only there to assist you to learn what type of links your website has. Any type of link that is trigging your MOZ spam score to rise is only a indication that Google won't be counting those links(In a nuttshell) they are not hurting you in anyway.

By default, smart search engines such as Google automatically ignore links they think are spammy instead of giving you penality. Your focus on the MOZ scam metric is drawing your attention away from the tasks you should be focusing on.

Furthermore, becoming fixated on third party SEO metrics is something that it going to cause you to fall in your quest for high rankings and search traffic.

You are best to focus your attention on the items that will bring you good fortune such a quality content production, onsite technical SEO and a good outreach plan.

The MOZ tool should only be used as a helpful guideline. Statistics and numbers are not gospal.

Let me give you an example.

Many MOZ DA 10 sites will have more SERP impact and more power than a MOZ DA54 website. Not all links SEO tools detect are actually having a impact on your website.

For instance. There may be a site that has used Google redirect notices to in order to inflate and hack the DA score to show an incorrect number. Or. A site maybe using a bunch a spam blog links that are all "noindex" but SEO tools still count them causing scores that are not really organic.

There is only one way to gauge and measure your own backlink profile That's to inspect it manually and learn for yourself what are links that actually count and which ones are quality. (It takes a long time to learn this)

Rewinding, your spam score is only a measurement and opinion of a tool. It has no impact and nothing to do with your website rankings in the search engine. Another good example of this, you could have some amazing and very powerful links in your website backlink profile, but the MOZ tool can't see them due to the external linking site blocking the MOZ user agents.

All 3rd party SEO tools are just a very rough guide. There is a very common misconception they are directly connected to the search engines. (They are not)

Stop placing your focus on the spam score and move your attention to what really matters.

In terms of using the disavow tool. Id be very very careful if I was you. You are going to to wanna know exactly what you are looking at. Those links that are being counted as " Bad" by Moz could very well actually be treated by Google as a " Good Link"

I would suggest you leave the disavow tool alone and let Google do it's job automatically. The only thing the disavow tool is actually good for is when you run into a situation such as anchor text over optimisation.

Hope this helps you.

[mortezat]

you need to disavow the backlinks that have high spam score
I do this for this site: techfy
now you can see the spam score is zero

[sbherry]

I have also facing the same issue on my web ranksapk. although I have added hundreds of quality backlinks for trusted websites.

[motlb]

my website 961 has a big spam score and it's new how do I know the reason?

[maryjohnomni]

please help me to reduce my spamscore of my website https://slidecast.com/integrations/hubspot-integration/

[maryjohnomni]

I am very confused about my website "https://slidecast.com/integrations/hubspot-integration/" spam score increasing, and I cannot lower my spam score. Someone, please help!

[jastas]

My website is fireboltt.com and the spam score is 8 how can I reduce it

[SukhdeepNYGGS]

I am working on a website - https://nyggs.com/nyggs/

its spam score is 30 I created disavow file for Google Search Console and its been 2 weeks spams score score stand at the same point. What All i need to do know?

[Gkpmart]

Our Website is zenoxsys.com it also shows high spam core, how can we reduce. suggest on this concern.

[23unforgiven2023]

@cihiloj777 как вы решили вопрос ?

[WantoAsk.com]

Our website has a spam score of 11% (www.wantoask.com). How can we reduce it?

[seobeek-AG]

@lampmedia1 said in How to Reduce the spam score of the website?:

My website Best SEO Services in Egypt introducing Digital Marketing Services and it is showing 65% of spam score in Moz and i made a disavow of all the domains that may be harmfull with high spam score but the spam score is still existing what can i do for that ? and how many months needed to take an action in decreasing my spam score ?

[dartdesigninc]

Hi Everyone,

Dart Digital Agency - It has 33% spam score whenever a website has no backlinks. We just started backlinks creation jobs so, can anyone help me to reduce backlinks?

[iGOLDENCNC]

我用moz 查询后 我的网站居然是72% samp secore ,我害怕极了，我的网站排名一直在下降，我不知道该怎么出来，我应该怎么办 www.igoldencnc.com

[Ainywaya]

Hi all,
I have a website that has a spam score of 71%.
I want to reduce this spam score to 5 please guide me accordingly and give me some tips to reduce the spam score of my website. This is my website.

[roleofdead]

Hi

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[kaliboys]

Hello
My site (https://kaliboys.com) has had a spam score of 4% for a few years now, and unfortunately, everything I did during this time was not fixed at all.
I even disallowed most of the spam links in Google, but I still didn't see the effect on the moz site

[Read_Us_Online]

I just bought this domain padhopadhao.in but this domain is showing 28% spam score. I have not done any type of activity, I just started posting content on website and before content spam score was 28%. I don't know why this is showing. is there anyone to help me?

[lampmedia1]

My website Drshyam ayurveda clinic is showing 5% of spam score in Moz but i done disavow of all the domains and URLs with high spam score but the spam score is still existing what can i do for that

[dotemna]

Hi! Try to check out the spam score here https://rush-analytics.com/land/backlinks-spam, maybe the spam score you're getting at your tool is not correct.

[aissabuter1]

my website witchsymbols.com has a 78% spam score while there are no backlinks or redirect

[ChaloRurk]

There are several steps you can take to reduce the spam score of your website:

Monitor your backlinks using different tools and actively work to remove any spammy or low-quality links pointing to your website.

Avoid using spammy tactics such as keyword stuffing, hidden text, and cloaking, as these can result in a high spam score.

Ensure that your website's content is relevant, informative, and valuable to your target audience.

Use appropriate heading tags and ensure that your content is properly structured and easy to read.

Use alt tags to describe images on your website, as this can help improve the accessibility of your site and reduce the spam score.

Keep your website up to date with fresh, high-quality content, and avoid using duplicate or plagiarized content.

Make sure your website is mobile-friendly, as Google and other search engines may penalize websites that are not optimized for mobile devices.

By following these best practices, you can help improve the quality of your website and reduce the risk of a high spam score. It's important to note that reducing the spam score of your website can take time and effort, but the benefits are worth it, as a low spam score can help improve your search engine rankings and drive more traffic to your site.

[Domain-Matty]

@Domain-Matty Hmm. Seems I have a keyoboard problem. Sorry about the typos

[Domain-Matty]

@offilery First thing is first. Stop buying, building or ordering junk links from places like Fiverr, Seoclerks and other freelancers who have no idea what they are doing.

Second of all, don't worry about the 'Spam Score" measurement. In the grand scheme of things, it means next to nothing.

Having an indicated moz scam in the percentage you have advertised wont cause you any harm. Search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo ect ect don't have such a thing as a 'Spam Score". It's only a MOZ guideline that helps us understand the quaity of domains backlink profile.

The SPAM score has zero correlation to your search engine rankings.

Also, These days search engines basically ignore bad link instead of giving you a penalty for them, They wont harm you. (Unless done in a very specific way such as a negative SEO attack) but even those have no effect anymore.

Basically, stop stressingm caring or focusing on your spam score, Your time is better spend writing quality content that attacts quality links.

If you really are that worried about it you can use the Google disavow tool to ask Google to discredit the bad links you specify. However, its worth noting that doing so wont actually change the SS metric measurement.

Ive peronsally has sites linking to me with a MOZ spam score of over 30+ and they give me a great SERP boost. This is again evidence that the SS (Spam Score) means nothing. Its only an indication of what MOZ thinks a crappy link is. However, search engines do,m see and measure things in different ways

There is only threee reasons for having a high MOZ spam score

1. You are buying backlinks from junkyard freelance resellers on freelance platforms

2. You are building trash spammy links yourself

3. A negative SEO attack.

None of the above will actially harm you in 2022

Google, Yahoo, Bing + others have nothing to do with the MOZ scam score. It has zero impact on yout search engine rankings. In regards to SERP, again, it means nothing

One more. The MOZ spam score has no connection with the search engines. Its only one of indication of a domains overall backlink profile quality.

Either, stop worrying about or, or just stop building junk links.

You can use MOZ tools to drill down the crappy links and then export them to a txt file and upload them to the disavowl tool.

The only time the disavowl should really be used is in the case of anchor text overoptimisation. In any other case, be careful how you use it. A link that might show up as bad in seo metrics tools could very well be a link that for some reason or other search engines love!

If you dont know what you are doing. I recommend you dont use it. Just foucs on your website content and media quality.

If you keep your focuss on these things that dont matter (like spam score) your missing out on the things that do matter.

[arunenh]

@offilery I have the same issue with my website https://networkise.com/ with a high spam score...I don't know why this spam score is so high and i want to know how to reduce this.

[richwatson]

My website (Trade Hub has a spam score on Moz of 34%, I do have what seems to be spammy links, especially from a dead domain no longer existing that used to redirect to this one. I haven't disavowed any domains/links yet, because @jocameron said in this post that backlinks aren't counted towards the spam score, only "sites with similar features found to be penalized or banned by Google"
https://moz.com/community/q/topic/61742/how-to-reduce-the-spam-score-of-the-website/61

[Droidmasters]

@Alick300 Thanks for this

[khaled_sopra]

Bonjour Moi aussi j'ai un site pour une solution de comptabilité https://www.comptasmart.com que je travaille sur lequel depuis trois mois mais malgré que c'est de contenu unique créer par des expert et je choisi bien mes backlinks sauf que min taux de spam est élevé si quelq'un peut m'aider

[Domain-Matty]

@craigyt This is exactly why there algorithms ignore bad links automatically.

it's as simple as that

[Domain-Matty]

@craigyt

I personally manually inspect the links and go through them. What site they come from. What the OBL is (How many other links are on the page of the site that are pointing to you) The best way to gauge the quality of a domain is simple manual inspection.

A site can have a DA score of 50. However, a site with a DA score of just 20 can actually be 10 times more powerful!

It takes while to learn the study of self evaluation. You can never rely on metrics alone. They are in no way a direct correlation to the true value of a domain. Just a basic guideline

For example. You might be showing a DA90 link in your backlink profile. However, on checking a few things you may find that the DA90 link is showing in metrics tools, But its not actually INDEXED in Google. Therefore the link is useless and is not part of what the DA metrics are selling you.

Other things may include. Links that may have been totally removed from a page and don't exist at all. However metrics tools still have them showing in there index. Which also gives you false readings and false positives. I have personally seen links remain in metrics tools for over 6 months after they were removed from a website.

Also, Many websites actually have third party link blockers on them so they can cant be crawled by SEO tools. A domain could have an amazing DA90 news site link. Its Indexed in Google but SEO tools are blocked from seeing them

There are so many factors to consider when inspecting a domains backlink profile or true worth. it's also worth your while to check a domain with all the main tools and never rely on just one to get the full picture.

Heavily scrutinise any domain showing between DA50 and DA54
DA 54 is the highest value a MOZ SEO metrics manipulator can push a fake DA score to using a common known metrics hack

I cant sell or provide a service here so all I can say is it best to hire a professional domain metrics evaluator before buying any domain.

[CraigyT]

@domain-matty Thank you, Domain Matty, for providing some extra insights can I ask what you look for yourself other than DA and spam score when buying a domain do you tend to go with domains that have a history, or do you tend to ignore them domains while making buying decisions. A lot of people really don't know what they are buying when they are buying a domain name other than whether it sounds good or if it fits their brand.

[Domain-Matty]

@craigyt The chances of a backlink audit are slim to none. Unless you are operating a commercial high ranking high traffic site that's sucking up visitors Google won't so much as blink at you, That's the reality.

The disavow tool is only of use if you have been given some kind of manual penalty. These days Google just ignores and devalues spammy links

When buying a domain. Never look at just the metrics DA as this is almost meaningless these days in respect to the SERP value a domain has.

Anyone can hack the MOZ DA score using fake redirect notice links.