(301 Redirect) Link Spam Score: 10/17

[ccox1]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a specific answer, so I'll give some specifics to help get some information.

https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/links?site=http%3A%2F%2Fgpstrackit.com%2F&filter=&source=external&target=page&group=0&page=1&sort=page_authority&anchor_id=&anchor_type=&anchor_text=&from_site=

After looking through Open Site Explorer we've noticed one of the links from login.gpstrackit.net has a 10/17 spam score.

https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/spam-analysis/flags?subdomain=login.gpstrackit.net

This link is a 301 redirect from a previous login URL, so users can be redirected to our current site and login from there. I don't know how to approach this situation or what the correct fix is.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

[samantha.chapman]

Hey there Charles,

Sam from Moz's Help Team here!

To be completely transparent, the Spam Scores you see in Open Site Explorer are from data collected last year. That means some of the issues listed there might no longer apply to you, or they might have been fixed as you've worked on your site. If you know you've taken care of the issues, then you shouldn't need to worry about the spam flags any longer. We actually don't include any 301s when we crawl a site to assign spam score.  The score you see now for the 301 would be from an old crawl that will eventually disappear from the index.

Additionally, just because our tool has assigned a site a specific spam score does not mean it is impacting the site in any way. These are merely suggestions of sites to check out. If you haven't determined yourself that they are spammy links, then there is no action or further concern required on your part.