Spam score of 28 %

[seoanalytics]

Hello,

I checked my website spam score in link explorer and found out it has got 28 %.

What do you recommend I do ? should I ask for all the links to be removed (even though some of them are no followed)

Is it possible that google has penalised me because of that score and de-ranked me ?

Thank you,

[DINKALA]

Hiiii..............28% spam score is high but don't worry. Check the links on your site to see if there are any low-quality links, if any, remove them to reduce the spam score.
Google will not penalize you just for this score, but will ask you to improve your ranking.

[seoanalytics]

Hi Meghan,

I have no manual action on my google dashboard does it mean I shouldn't worry ?

Thank you, I will have a look at the link you sent.

[meghanpahinui]

Hi there!

Thanks so much for the great question!

So your Spam Score in Link Explorer is representative of the percentage of sites we've found with features similar to those found on your site that are being penalized or banned by Google. It is not necessarily due to the types of links pointing to your site. If you're looking to improve your Spam Score, I would recommend looking into the 27 common features we've found contribute to these penalizations and see if you're able to work on them on your site. I have a great guide which talks more about Spam Score, how it's calculated, and what it means. It also includes a list of those 27 features. https://moz.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-score

I hope this helps! If you have more questions or if you need anything else, feel free to email us at help@moz.com!

[seoanalytics]

Could someone help me with that ? Thank you,