Spam Links
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Hi everyone,
I've just joined the Moz community and after completing our first site crawl I've discovered that we have approximately 200 links with a spam score of over 50%.
Should I just disavow all these links or is their a formula to deciding which links to disavow?
Thanks in Advance
Steve
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only disavow spammy links. because it will automatically down your site in search result
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Hi, I am not recommending he disavow. All good.
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Thanks very much for the reply Don
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Hi Steve
That all sound positive - however, am unable to give clear advice without a detailed audit. A simple check is to put your URL into semrush and then look at the chart that comes up on the RHS above the fold. If it has any major dips, it is worth investigating.
A second simply technique is using https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhanced-google-analytics/damoaceajjhenadgpppcccgmanobikjh overlaying this with your google analytics and see if there is any corresponding dips in traffic with google algorithm updates.
No-one can really answer without a detailed inspection. That said you have not given me any "smoke" so it is unlikely there is a fire.
Hope that helps. A spam score really is just an indicator - a flag - investigate - if nothing is broken - don't try and fix it.
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Hi Don
Thanks for the reply.
Our website averages about 25-30,00 visits per month
Bounce rate is 47%
We rank for 8250 keywords in total. 1800 of those keywords are positioned 1-10 in google
Our SEO company are targeting 65 keywords and we have 80% visibility for those 65 keywords
Is that the kind of info you need to judge the performance or are their any other key metrics?
I'm very new to this
Steve
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No, 100% do not disavow all. Could be disastrous. So only disavow in isolated select instances.
Spam scores for links are guides only - NOT answers. Each link should be examined individually.
First step - is does your site have any sort of google penalty? Is the site ranking well?
If the site is ranking well, no google penalty and is "humming". Then it is unlikely you will disavow. Disavow is a last resort type scenario.
So can you tell us how is the site overall performing?
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