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    • sbrault74
      sbrault74 last edited by

      While I was searching for bad links to one of my website, I realized that there were lots of backlinks from trackbacks on various blogs.

      Most of these trackback links are definitely spammy as they are not relevant with the blog topics and they use exact anchor text.

      The thing is that I am 300% sure that it has nothing to do with any SEO campaign services I've bought in the past. They link back to pages I've never optimized at all.

      So could I be the victim of a negative SEO campaign? What do you think?

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      • sbrault74
        sbrault74 last edited by

        For instance, have a look at http://www.sellburberryhandbag.com/blog/?p=67

        You'll see that all comments and trackbacks are spammy. One of them is pointing to my website.

        What is this crap?!?

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        • goodlegaladvice
          goodlegaladvice last edited by

          It looks like someone used a commenting bot on your site....  Not much you can do about it

          so if it was not you or your seo company than probably a competitor

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          • DiamondJewelryEmpire
            DiamondJewelryEmpire last edited by

            Actually there is something you can do about it. This may help:

            http://www.dbswebsite.com/blog/2012/08/01/find-bad-links-with-webmaster-tools/

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