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Xyz links
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I have a lot of backlinks ending with .xyz, around 20%, and they look very suspicious. Should I disavow these?
Here are a few:
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Hi spacecollective,
I think you will be fine. The way the domain names are named themselves already show they are spammy links. The fact that they lead to 522 error confirms it.
Jac
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Hi Jack,
They all lead to error 522 pages, so I am inclined to think they're damaging. I've disavowed them, I'm hoping my SEO won't drop as a result.
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Hi spacecollective,
Yes, I would disavow these if you've tried all you can to contact the websmaster to get these removed without any success.
Jac
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