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    • FoodJEt
      FoodJEt last edited by

      Hi,

      Our website www.foodjet.com has recently seen a huge amount of spammy incoming links to non-exisiting URLS:

      They all target pages that lead to a 404 and which clearly do not exist on our website. Since they have started to appear our DA has plummeted.

      I have already disavowed some domains, but more re-appear just as fast. I have also checked if our site has been hacked, which does not seem to be the case.

      What am I missing? And/or what can I do?

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      • RossKernez
        RossKernez last edited by

        Hi there,

        You should be focusing on building a new links to improve your domain authority and trust of your site.

        Ross

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