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    • AndrisZigurs
      AndrisZigurs last edited by

      I am in SEO for years but never met this problem. I have client who's web page was hacked and there was posted many, hundreds of links, These links has been indexed by google. Actually these links are not in comments but normal external urls's. See picture.

      What is the best way to remove them? use google disavow tool or just redirect them to some page?

      The web page is new, but ranks good on google and has domain authority 24. I think that these spam url's improved rankings too 🙂

      What would be the best strategy to solve this. Thanks.

      k9Bviox

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      • JohnSammon
        JohnSammon last edited by

        Hey there!

        At first glance, it looks like your site has been hit with a malware attack. I would recommend using a service like https://sucuri.net to help you clean up the site and put certain protective elements in place so that you don't get hit again.

        Once that is done, you'll want to go into the search console and bing webmaster tools to no-index any other spam URL's that may have been created from the attack.

        I hope that helps!

        John

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        • AndrisZigurs
          AndrisZigurs @JohnSammon last edited by

          Thanks John i made new website for client so the new one is safe. Just links are left in google.

          So you suggest remove url's not to redirect?

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          • JohnSammon
            JohnSammon @AndrisZigurs last edited by

            Yes - I would remove/no-index rather than redirect. The URL's don't have any equity so it's not worth redirecting them. Thanks!

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