How to Reduce the spam score of the website?
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I am working on a website - https://nyggs.com/nyggs/
its spam score is 30 I created disavow file for Google Search Console and its been 2 weeks spams score score stand at the same point. What All i need to do know?
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Our Website is zenoxsys.com it also shows high spam core, how can we reduce. suggest on this concern.
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@cihiloj777 как вы решили вопрос ?
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Our website has a spam score of 11% (www.wantoask.com). How can we reduce it?
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@lampmedia1 said in How to Reduce the spam score of the website?:
My website Best SEO Services in Egypt introducing Digital Marketing Services and it is showing 65% of spam score in Moz and i made a disavow of all the domains that may be harmfull with high spam score but the spam score is still existing what can i do for that ? and how many months needed to take an action in decreasing my spam score ?
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Hi Everyone,
Dart Digital Agency - It has 33% spam score whenever a website has no backlinks. We just started backlinks creation jobs so, can anyone help me to reduce backlinks?
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我用moz 查询后 我的网站居然是72% samp secore ,我害怕极了,我的网站排名一直在下降,我不知道该怎么出来,我应该怎么办 www.igoldencnc.com
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Hi all,
I have a website that has a spam score of 71%.
I want to reduce this spam score to 5 please guide me accordingly and give me some tips to reduce the spam score of my website. This is my website. -
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Thanks!
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Hello
My site (https://kaliboys.com) has had a spam score of 4% for a few years now, and unfortunately, everything I did during this time was not fixed at all.
I even disallowed most of the spam links in Google, but I still didn't see the effect on the moz site -
I just bought this domain padhopadhao.in but this domain is showing 28% spam score. I have not done any type of activity, I just started posting content on website and before content spam score was 28%. I don't know why this is showing. is there anyone to help me?
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My website Drshyam ayurveda clinic is showing 5% of spam score in Moz but i done disavow of all the domains and URLs with high spam score but the spam score is still existing what can i do for that
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Hi! Try to check out the spam score here https://rush-analytics.com/land/backlinks-spam, maybe the spam score you're getting at your tool is not correct.
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my website witchsymbols.com has a 78% spam score while there are no backlinks or redirect
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There are several steps you can take to reduce the spam score of your website:
Monitor your backlinks using different tools and actively work to remove any spammy or low-quality links pointing to your website.
Avoid using spammy tactics such as keyword stuffing, hidden text, and cloaking, as these can result in a high spam score.
Ensure that your website's content is relevant, informative, and valuable to your target audience.
Use appropriate heading tags and ensure that your content is properly structured and easy to read.
Use alt tags to describe images on your website, as this can help improve the accessibility of your site and reduce the spam score.
Keep your website up to date with fresh, high-quality content, and avoid using duplicate or plagiarized content.
Make sure your website is mobile-friendly, as Google and other search engines may penalize websites that are not optimized for mobile devices.
By following these best practices, you can help improve the quality of your website and reduce the risk of a high spam score. It's important to note that reducing the spam score of your website can take time and effort, but the benefits are worth it, as a low spam score can help improve your search engine rankings and drive more traffic to your site.
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@Domain-Matty Hmm. Seems I have a keyoboard problem. Sorry about the typos
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@offilery First thing is first. Stop buying, building or ordering junk links from places like Fiverr, Seoclerks and other freelancers who have no idea what they are doing.
Second of all, don't worry about the 'Spam Score" measurement. In the grand scheme of things, it means next to nothing.
Having an indicated moz scam in the percentage you have advertised wont cause you any harm. Search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo ect ect don't have such a thing as a 'Spam Score". It's only a MOZ guideline that helps us understand the quaity of domains backlink profile.
The SPAM score has zero correlation to your search engine rankings.
Also, These days search engines basically ignore bad link instead of giving you a penalty for them, They wont harm you. (Unless done in a very specific way such as a negative SEO attack) but even those have no effect anymore.
Basically, stop stressingm caring or focusing on your spam score, Your time is better spend writing quality content that attacts quality links.
If you really are that worried about it you can use the Google disavow tool to ask Google to discredit the bad links you specify. However, its worth noting that doing so wont actually change the SS metric measurement.
Ive peronsally has sites linking to me with a MOZ spam score of over 30+ and they give me a great SERP boost. This is again evidence that the SS (Spam Score) means nothing. Its only an indication of what MOZ thinks a crappy link is. However, search engines do,m see and measure things in different ways
There is only threee reasons for having a high MOZ spam score
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You are buying backlinks from junkyard freelance resellers on freelance platforms
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You are building trash spammy links yourself
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A negative SEO attack.
None of the above will actially harm you in 2022
Google, Yahoo, Bing + others have nothing to do with the MOZ scam score. It has zero impact on yout search engine rankings. In regards to SERP, again, it means nothing
One more. The MOZ spam score has no connection with the search engines. Its only one of indication of a domains overall backlink profile quality.
Either, stop worrying about or, or just stop building junk links.
You can use MOZ tools to drill down the crappy links and then export them to a txt file and upload them to the disavowl tool.
The only time the disavowl should really be used is in the case of anchor text overoptimisation. In any other case, be careful how you use it. A link that might show up as bad in seo metrics tools could very well be a link that for some reason or other search engines love!
If you dont know what you are doing. I recommend you dont use it. Just foucs on your website content and media quality.
If you keep your focuss on these things that dont matter (like spam score) your missing out on the things that do matter.
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@offilery I have the same issue with my website https://networkise.com/ with a high spam score...I don't know why this spam score is so high and i want to know how to reduce this.
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My website (Trade Hub has a spam score on Moz of 34%, I do have what seems to be spammy links, especially from a dead domain no longer existing that used to redirect to this one. I haven't disavowed any domains/links yet, because @jocameron said in this post that backlinks aren't counted towards the spam score, only "sites with similar features found to be penalized or banned by Google"
https://moz.com/community/q/topic/61742/how-to-reduce-the-spam-score-of-the-website/61 -
@Alick300 Thanks for this
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Bonjour Moi aussi j'ai un site pour une solution de comptabilité https://www.comptasmart.com que je travaille sur lequel depuis trois mois mais malgré que c'est de contenu unique créer par des expert et je choisi bien mes backlinks sauf que min taux de spam est élevé si quelq'un peut m'aider
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@craigyt This is exactly why there algorithms ignore bad links automatically.
it's as simple as that
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I personally manually inspect the links and go through them. What site they come from. What the OBL is (How many other links are on the page of the site that are pointing to you) The best way to gauge the quality of a domain is simple manual inspection.
A site can have a DA score of 50. However, a site with a DA score of just 20 can actually be 10 times more powerful!
It takes while to learn the study of self evaluation. You can never rely on metrics alone. They are in no way a direct correlation to the true value of a domain. Just a basic guideline
For example. You might be showing a DA90 link in your backlink profile. However, on checking a few things you may find that the DA90 link is showing in metrics tools, But its not actually INDEXED in Google. Therefore the link is useless and is not part of what the DA metrics are selling you.
Other things may include. Links that may have been totally removed from a page and don't exist at all. However metrics tools still have them showing in there index. Which also gives you false readings and false positives. I have personally seen links remain in metrics tools for over 6 months after they were removed from a website.
Also, Many websites actually have third party link blockers on them so they can cant be crawled by SEO tools. A domain could have an amazing DA90 news site link. Its Indexed in Google but SEO tools are blocked from seeing them
There are so many factors to consider when inspecting a domains backlink profile or true worth. it's also worth your while to check a domain with all the main tools and never rely on just one to get the full picture.
Heavily scrutinise any domain showing between DA50 and DA54
DA 54 is the highest value a MOZ SEO metrics manipulator can push a fake DA score to using a common known metrics hackI cant sell or provide a service here so all I can say is it best to hire a professional domain metrics evaluator before buying any domain.
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@domain-matty Thank you, Domain Matty, for providing some extra insights can I ask what you look for yourself other than DA and spam score when buying a domain do you tend to go with domains that have a history, or do you tend to ignore them domains while making buying decisions. A lot of people really don't know what they are buying when they are buying a domain name other than whether it sounds good or if it fits their brand.
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@craigyt The chances of a backlink audit are slim to none. Unless you are operating a commercial high ranking high traffic site that's sucking up visitors Google won't so much as blink at you, That's the reality.
The disavow tool is only of use if you have been given some kind of manual penalty. These days Google just ignores and devalues spammy links
When buying a domain. Never look at just the metrics DA as this is almost meaningless these days in respect to the SERP value a domain has.
Anyone can hack the MOZ DA score using fake redirect notice links.
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Some websites are designed and marketed in such a way as to only please the search engines for a short time. They end up with spammy link profiles that have little no worth. Google does not want to spend time and resources on sites with bad link profiles. Have you ever come across a great domain name that nobody wants? There is a reason that a good-sounding domain is still available; this is because previous owners were very likely to be spammers while this isn't always the case most of the time it really usually is the case. These domains are called Churn-and-Burn domains they are undesirable, to say the least. If you are or have bought a domain name like this it's always best to get a backlink audit done on the domain and then disavow any toxic links.
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Thanks for the tip
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even my same concern also. I purchased a domain 3 yr ago and just live on the host without any content. it's showing a 56 spam score.
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@dv123569 Well the first thing to do would be to stop spamming just like you have here!
That would be a very good start
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Don't worry about the spam score. It's just a third-party metric google does not consider it. If you want to reduce your spam score, then google has its own disavow tool to identify links from any 3rd party tools and disavow it. Recently someone created links on my site [https://unit52.pk/], and I use the Google disavow tool
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Hi there,
Please start by investigating what is triggering these Spam Score flags on your, or your client's site. To start making improvements please review the factors that make up spam score, and then I would recommend that you prioritise what improvements you can make on your own site and its features, setup, and content with minimal disruption.Best of luck!
Jo -
@harshvaghani123
Hi there!
First off, we do not recommend disavowing backlinks unless you have a Google penalty. Disavowing is unlikely to improve your Spam Score and, as you've experienced, can affect your site's authority and have wider implications.Before disavowing please review Google documentation, if you see adverse affects you may want to consider removing the disavow.
If you're working on improving Spam Score on your client's site then it is worth explaining that Spam Score reflects features on your site that may correlate with spammy sites. So you will need to investigate what is triggering these Spam Score flags on your client's site and figure out whether there is any room for improvement. The end goal isn't to reduce spam score to 0, but to identify areas for improvement It may be worth exploring your client's competitor's Spam Score to set expectations.
I hope this helps give you some ideas on how to progress! Do let me know how you get on -
Ill give this to you straight up.
It's as simple as this. Spam score is not something Google looks at. For many years now Google's AI is designed to totally ignore bad links. So instead of penalising a site for spammy links they just ignore them.
Why?
Okay check this out.
Google has become a little bit more fair. They have no way of telling if the website owner built the spammy links or if it was some kind of negative SEO attack. So they decided the best thing to do was to just ignore bad links and not take them into consideration.
If you are still concerned about a certain kind of link you can use the Google disavow links tool.
One thing to note when using this tool. Beware. Make sure you know exactly what you are doing with it. You could actually decrease your search engine position if used incorrectly.
Second thing to note. Only use the file upload with this tool once ever 40 days as it make take up to 40 days for Google to crawl your file upon each request. So if you use it on day one and then use it again on day 15 it will reset the time it takes for the disavow file to be crawled again.
There is nothing to worry about in regards to having a high spam score in terms of SERP. It's just a link quality indication.
Hope that clears things up everything for everyone
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Hi there!
Please note that Spam Score updates quarterly, so any changes you've made to the features on your site that correspond to Spam Score flags won't update immediately.I hope this helps!
John smith -
my website is https://foxtvnow.com/ has 11% spam score and I couldn't solve this problem. Can anyone help me?
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My website is [www.easybom.com], and my spam score is very high. The spam external links inside are not published by me, how to reduce the spam score
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Hi @jocameron My site's spam score has increased from 1% to 34% in 2 just 2 months of period. My site has a lot of spam backlinks so I had disavowed every spammy backlink.
Now as I can see after disavowing domains my ranking is down.
I've already checked the investigation spam score from MOZ but I've not found any other error related only spam score.
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Good day, I have a site https://smartplumbing.co.za/ that is ranking high on the spam score (83%) and would like to decrease it. It is an old domain that I purchased so the previous owners done some bad back links on this domain.
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I am also working on an e-commerce website whose spam score is 8. The domain is Carbike360.com. I want to reduce this, but I have not got any solution. I have also checked quality of my backlinks but those links are fine..
Will anybody help me to decrease the spam score? -
@jocameron Sounds good...
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Hi there! @alisajoycee
Looking in Link Explorer I can see that your Spam Score is 5%, anything under 30% is considered low, and the end goal isn't to get to 0, but rather to identify areas of your site that can be improved
Please take a look at our guide on investigating spam score.
It’s important to remember that Spam Score is NOT a measurement of the spamminess of links pointing to your site. It is NOT dependent on your backlink profile but instead represents the percentage of sites with similar features to the site you’re researching which we've found to be penalized or banned by Google.I hope this helps!
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@sivakonireddy_y
Hii,I'm also working on one website which is related to health news. Since 2015 its spam score is 1% which is considered to be a low spam score.
Generally, when you start with a fresh and new website. It will show the 1% spam score. However, if your new website shows a spam score of more than 10% then look at the 27 factors or signals to determine spam score by moz.
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@sivakonireddy_y
Hi there!
I appreciate that this can be a challenging conversation to have with your client.
Anything below 30% is considered a low Spam Score. If you're working on improving Spam Score on your client's site then it is worth explaining that Spam Score reflects features on your site that may correlate with spammy sites. So you will need to investigate what is triggering these Spam Score flags on your client's site and figure out whether there is any room for improvement. The end goal isn't to reduce spam score to 0, but to identify areas for improvement It may be worth exploring your client's competitor's Spam Score to set expectations.
I hope this helps give you some ideas on how to progress! Do let me know how you get on -
Hi there!
Please note that Spam Score updates quarterly, so any changes you've made to the features on your site that correspond to Spam Score flags won't update immediately.Please take a look at your guide on how to investigate Spam Score
I hope this helps!
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@ankitakale
Hi there!
It may help to note that anything under 30% is considered a low Spam Score. If you're looking to reduce your own site's spam score then you will need to look at the features on your site that correspond to the relevant Spam Score flag. Please take a look at your guide on how to investigate and reduce Spam ScoreI hope this helps!
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I have newly created a site and made it live recently but my site showed 22% spam score my site is https://seoslogs.com/
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it.
There are many solutions written but they are not working in my case so please provide me with the best solution. For the last 2months, I am working on backlinks also but no change in the Spam Score.
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I am working as a Jr. SEO Analyst. One of my client website UpSmiles have spam score 1.
My client is asking make it as 0.
I tried all types of methods but they are not working in my case so please provide me the best solution.
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it. -
I have newly created a site and made it live recently but my site showed 22% spam score my site is https://www.ecoguardtechnologies.com/
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it.
There are many solutions written but they are not working in my case so please provide me with the best solution. For the last 2months, I am working on backlinks also but no change in the Spam Score.
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@jocameron can you analysis what did from from me https://www.gtzed.com/ its SS hit.
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@jocameron
Thank you sir.This is very informative
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