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    • Mozd
      Mozd last edited by

      I am currently doing a link audit on one of my sites and I am coming across some links that appear to be spam. Is there a tool that I can plug their URL into to see if they have been deemed spam by GOOGLE?

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      • Travis_Bailey
        Travis_Bailey last edited by

        No, there isn't a tool that does this conclusively. Welcome to Shades of Certainty, I will be your host.

        You could try the cache: operator in conjunction with the URL. If it isn't cached, there are either really big crawl problems or it's the worst kind of spam. This isn't a silver bullet, but it's one step to determine if a page is the worst kind of spam.

        For on-page considerations, you may want to try the Moz On-Page Grader. Google it ain't, but it's better than nothing at all if you're wondering.

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        • GPainter
          GPainter last edited by

          Few things you can try:

          • Google the URL if it doesn't come up strong possibility it was de-indexed and has a penalty.
          • Use a service like link detox which will roughly shows you what it thinks to be nasty.
          • Majestic seo has a neat tool for finding out what it thinks of sites - https://www.majesticseo.com/reports/neighbourhood-checker
          • Similar to above http://spyonweb.com/ can be handy for working out link wheels
          • Look into the stats of the site e.g trust flow, authority etc.  recommend tools like Open site explorer, majestic seo or Hrefs.

          Research is the key and you could dig pretty deep Hope some of those help.

          but as to what Google thinks you're still going to have to figure that out on your own.

          Good luck

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