The Moz Q&A Forum

    • Forum
    • Questions
    • My Q&A
    • Users
    • Ask the Community

    Welcome to the Q&A Forum

    Browse the forum for helpful insights and fresh discussions about all things SEO.

    1. SEO and Digital Marketing Q&A Forum
    2. Categories
    3. Moz Tools
    4. A mass of spammy links pointing to our domain from dynu.net

    A mass of spammy links pointing to our domain from dynu.net

    Moz Tools
    3 3 77
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as question
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • dqmedia
      dqmedia last edited by

      Hi MOZ community!

      Need some help with some strange activity on the link profile of a website I manage...

      I have noticed since the 4th of August a mass of links pointing to one of our domains. It looks like some kind of attack from dynu.net. I am seeing 100s of different subdomains from this website in the Discovered and Lost area, with DA 1. They are linking to us from very low quality pages with no CSS, that includes just random text.

      Anybody seeing anything similar or from the same website?  Our links report example: https://imgur.com/a/y7pAopJ

      Also, what is the correct process to deal with such instances? We have used Google's disavow in the past, but I have read that Google are quite proactive at recognizing spammy links, and webmasters don't really need to use that tool.

      Much appreciated!

      y7pAopJ

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • evolvingSEO
        evolvingSEO last edited by

        Hello!

        You can likely just ignore them, as Google is most likely just ignoring them (they are not helping nor hurting).

        If you are nervous though, just keep a close on the rankings and search traffic for your site, and specifically the pages the links are pointing to. If you don't see a huge ranking/traffic change the links are for sure not affecting you.

        If you really want to be extra careful, you can simply just disavow the domain with the disavow tool. if for some weird reason the links are helping you, you might notice a drop in ranking, which you can just undo by removing the domain from your disavow file.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • waqid
          waqid last edited by

          I would just disavow to be careful. Who wants to keep looking over their shoulder .

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • 1 / 1
          • First post
            Last post
          • Difference between Open site Explorer's Root Domain and Basic SERP Report's Linking Root Domain?
            ErinMcCaul
            ErinMcCaul
            0
            2
            114

          • OK I'll try again.... Linking root domains and external links
            Mark_Ginsberg
            Mark_Ginsberg
            0
            2
            690

          • Domain Authoriy/Link Authority - Link Building
            TomRayner
            TomRayner
            0
            3
            652

          • Mass lookup of Domain Authority
            Klarke
            Klarke
            0
            2
            617

          • Why would opensite explorer show a link from baidu result page with baidu as a linking root domain?
            RobertFisher
            RobertFisher
            0
            3
            1.3k

          • Difference between root domain and sub-domain linking?
            Cyrus-Shepard
            Cyrus-Shepard
            0
            3
            2.9k

          • How come there are no links to my website according to SEOmoz Competive domain analysis, while in google webmaster i do see links.?
            lavellester
            lavellester
            0
            2
            587

          • Which would you chose? Link on PA56 with 88 OBL's and 80 IBL's or a link on a PA75 with 225 OBL's & 40 IBL (Same Domain)
            Dan-Petrovic
            Dan-Petrovic
            0
            5
            988

          Get started with Moz Pro!

          Unlock the power of advanced SEO tools and data-driven insights.

          Start my free trial
          Products
          • Moz Pro
          • Moz Local
          • Moz API
          • Moz Data
          • STAT
          • Product Updates
          Moz Solutions
          • SMB Solutions
          • Agency Solutions
          • Enterprise Solutions
          • Digital Marketers
          Free SEO Tools
          • Domain Authority Checker
          • Link Explorer
          • Keyword Explorer
          • Competitive Research
          • Brand Authority Checker
          • Local Citation Checker
          • MozBar Extension
          • MozCast
          Resources
          • Blog
          • SEO Learning Center
          • Help Hub
          • Beginner's Guide to SEO
          • How-to Guides
          • Moz Academy
          • API Docs
          About Moz
          • About
          • Team
          • Careers
          • Contact
          Why Moz
          • Case Studies
          • Testimonials
          Get Involved
          • Become an Affiliate
          • MozCon
          • Webinars
          • Practical Marketer Series
          • MozPod
          Connect with us

          Contact the Help team

          Join our newsletter
          Moz logo
          © 2021 - 2026 SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. All rights reserved. Moz is a registered trademark of SEOMoz, Inc.
          • Accessibility
          • Terms of Use
          • Privacy