Malicious backlinks

[xaviplabor]

Hello to everyone!

We have identified some weird links that are pointing to our site and we are not sure if they are considered malicious backlinks and we should disavow them. Most of them are directories of websites, the most common one is called "Top million domains by alexa" (you can see an example here: www.besafe.in/domain-list-237).

Have you ever seen these kind of links before? Are they causing harm to our site?

Thank you so much!

[JannetPuckett]

I've seen these types of links before. They can potentially harm your site's SEO if they're from low-quality directories. Using Google Search Console to disavow them might be a good idea. One of my project was facing the similar issue.

[sarahwalsh]

you most definitely don't want any spam backlinks, these can damage your seo, before you even buy a domain name, do check that there is no spam back links leading to your website, because sometimes a previous owner might have built spam links. Then once you got rid of the spam links build only high-quality links

[josellamazares]

Hi

I agree with Noozle. If the toxic links represent a small percentage of the total number of links, it should not be a problem. If you can get those links that point to your website removed, it will always be positive

regards

[Nozzle]

It's probably not hurting you especially if it's only a small percentage of a solid backlink portfolio.  But it's also not helping at all.

To be safe, we suggest disavowing the one you shared and any similar ones since Moz gave it a spam score of 69%.