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    Can Anybody Link to my URL to Hurt SEO? Weird URL pointing at my Domaine!

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    • BigBlaze205
      BigBlaze205 last edited by

      Our ranking has drop since a few weeks. I did not do any major change in my site.

      Surfing WebMaster Tool, I found lots of new URL linking at our site:

      url.org

      linkarena.com

      seoprofiler.com

      folkd.com

      digitalhome.ca

      bustingprice.com

      surepurchase.com

      lowpricetoday.com

      oyax.com

      couponfollow.com

      aspringcleaning.com

      pamabuy.com

      etzone.ca

      How do I find if those was done intentionelly to hurt SEO?

      Could it be possible?

      Thank you,

      BigBlaze

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      • danatanseo
        danatanseo last edited by

        Hi BigBlaze,

        I have sympathy for your situation. Is there a tool that will tell you if these nefarious links were done intionally? No

        Can they hurt your SEO? If they are from bad neighborhoods online or questionable sites? Yes

        How do you remedy it? Use Google's new disavow tool. Here's info: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-new-tool-to-disavow-links.html

        I don't think anyone here can tell you to disavow one link or another. That is something better determined by you in the context of what you know about your business.

        Dana

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