The reasons for Spam Score?
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The reasons for Spam Score:
1 - No renewed content
2 - weak external links
3 - No internal links inside content
4 - Social Media pages do not existIs that right for getting Spam Score?
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Hi Tawny,
Thanks for your reply, I read it but I didn't find the answer for my questions.
I already send email to help@moz.com
Thanks again
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Hi there! Tawny from Moz's Help Team here.
There's actually a whole lot that goes into calculating Spam Score! You can read all about the 27 features associated with Spam Score and penalization from Google over in our Help Hub, here: https://moz.com/help/guides/link-explorer/spam-score
If you have any more questions, feel free to reach out to us at help@moz.com!
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Hi Roadmedia
More like a large site with many out-links and very few backlinks and skinny content.
Build the site up and scale high-quality content with fewer external links. It's not so much about lack of renewed content or internal links although they are important they won't lead to a high spam score.
Regards
Nigel
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