Backlinks from domains that are not indexed...
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Would you count them as spammy and disavow?
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thanks man
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Oh yeah, definitely agree. But it's spammy because it's spammy, not because it isn't indexed.
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Hi again
Yeah, if this is representative of the other links, you should definitely look into those and either remove/disavow them.
That's just my two cents!
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Correct, they are not indexed and they are by far spam just looking at them. Here is an example of one
http://beach.speedy.ch/joomdocs/FREE-SCRABBLE-DICTIONARY.htm
I know its spammy, I was just wondering what others thought
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Hi Cesar!
Some folks may disagree, but I'd say they're only spammy if they're spammy. Not being indexed doesn't necessarily mean they're spam.
I assume you mean they're not indexed in Google, correct? Not that they're not indexed in Open Site Explorer?
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Hi there
It really depends on the link.
The best way to define a bad link is to use your own intuition and common sense:
- Does this link help my website?
- Is this link relevant to my website?
- Would I trust this site (that's linking to me) if I landed on it?
- Is the website or content in which I am being linked from topically relevant to my website?
- If you check metrics - does anything about the metrics (domain authority, page authority,Majestic, SEMRush traffic/ranking data, etc) make me feel uneasy?
I would go through a backlink audit - what needs to be removed / disavowed? Start there and assess. Truthfully, if the site is not indexed, it's not that big of a deal. I would just make sure that's it's relevant and a good link, because it could send traffic.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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