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    • moon-boots
      moon-boots last edited by

      I have a lot of backlinks ending with .xyz, around 20%, and they look very suspicious. Should I disavow these?

      Here are a few:

      yourrelicsbargains.xyz

      fantasticsiteinfo.xyz

      yourvintagelifestyle.xyz

      usefuldiscount4u.xyz

      bestdealsaction.xyz

      bestmemorabilialifestyle.xyz

      59177.net

      lovecollectorsbargains.xyz

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      • jactang12
        jactang12 last edited by

        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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        • moon-boots
          moon-boots @jactang12 last edited by

          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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          • jactang12
            jactang12 last edited by

            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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