Last Updated on December 27, 2024 by Jan Barley
If you don’t know whether your site has a high spam score, here is how you find out & improve it
Disavow spam backlinks because they are annoying. Even if you have a secure https:// website, you don’t want a high spam score. It seems unfair that a website linking to ours causes a high spam score, but that’s how it is.
Moz domain authority checker has a spam score based on the quality of your website backlinks. The only thing with this DA checker, is it doesn’t seem to update regularly. I removed every page and post four months ago, and have many top featured snippets and page on ranking, but it shows ranking for the old pages and posts.
How to Get Rid of Those Nasty Backlinks
Most people have no idea how to find out what backlinks they have, so here is a simple way to discover your backlinks and disavow them in Google Search Console
When your website starts ranking, you may acquire a few spam links, which can affect your sites spam score. Depending on your industry, spam links can get out of hand.
Recently, my website’s spam score shot to 40%. Shocked, I did a backlink check and found one URL with a 62% spam score.
- Firstly, make sure your domain is verified in Google search Console.
- The Second step is to visit Neil Patel’s Ubersuggest website
- The next step is to open THIS PAGE to disavow.
- Create a .txt document on Notepad
On the Ubersuggest backlinks page, go to Source” for each URL, right click on the upward arrow and “copy link address”
Paste each link into your .txt file on Notepad
Assuming your website is verified with Google Console (if not, why not?), go to THIS PAGE to disavow the link:
Click on the “property” that is your website address
NOTE: If you have your website set up as a “Domain Property” in Google Search Console You cannot disavow spam backlinks. You need to have your domain as a URL prefix. (A Domain Property includes all subdomains of your website)
How to Disavow Spam Backlinks
Open Notepad and create a *.txt file.
If you have two or more links to disavow, here is the EXACT format for the *.txt file: –
# Two pages to disavow
http://spamlink.example1.com
http://spamlink.example2.com
I had six URLs to disavow, so mine read # Six pages to disavow, followed by the offending URLs.
Note: If you only have one domain to disavow, here is the EXACT format for the *.txt file: –
# One domain to disavow
domain:shadyexample.com
Important: In the second example, if you only have one domain to disavow, adding the prefix http:// or https:// won’t work. The uploader returns an error in the layout, so you must use the exact format, including spacing as shown below.
Add how many disavow links you have as seen in the image
Disavowing a spam link is a quick and easy process. However, don’t hold your breath for the link to be removed. It can take up to three months to disavow a link. I have no idea why it takes so long for Google to remove it, but that’s how it is.
I hope you find this informational helpful. I used to think it was complicated to disavow spam links but, as you can see, it is quick and easy to submit your list to Google Console.
Note: If you are amember of various online communities, it’s not always a good idea to add your website URL there. For instance, Skool has a 28% spam score and Clearvoice (a freelancing platform) has 7%.
As well as disavowing these spam links, remove your URL from these communities.
