If these pages are blank then they are thin content.  If you have one or two or maybe even a dozen then no problem.  However, if they are a significant part of your site then you could be hit by the Panda algo and that could cause your rankings to be reduced across your site.

I would try to figure out a way to keep these pages out of the Google index until they have substantive content or get them populated with content as soon as possible.

Lots of people ask... how do I beat  exact match domains... how do I beat spammy links... how do I beat the link buyers.... how do I beat...

Just get in there and build great content on a great site and you will defeat all of these "competitors of the month".

I just thought of something else that I should start posting every time someone starts a thread complaining about spammy links on competitor sites.

If I look at my own backlinks there are a lot... I mean a freeking ton... of links from scraper sites.  Tens of thousands of them.

I did nothing to build those links.  Not one.

This type of stuff happens when a site has been up for a long time and gets decent traffic.

So, some of the people who post here could really be saying.... Wah! EGOL is beating me with spammy links!

Spammy links appear on their own... they are gifts from the blackhats.   I am going to dig into your link profile and if I see scraper links I am going to rat you out to MC.  lol

What can I do to compete with this junk?

You will compete best if you pay no attention to it.

You will not beat them by duplicating their methods.

So draw up your SEO plan to kick their butts and every other butt in your SERPs with quality work and get busy on it.

The effort that beats your real competitors will also beat these people.

Honestly.... if these guys are beating you with trash then they should not be that hard to beat.  My bet is that there is some gold in their methods that give them their current rankings.  It is common practice to hide your gold in crap so people can't find it and will stop looking as soon as they get a little on their shoes.

Good luck.

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