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    • CostumeD
      CostumeD last edited by

      where would we go identify the links that are bad

      is there a way to get a list of each individual link not just the site and number from the site

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        • donford
          donford last edited by

          Hi Li,

          Moz will show you the linking page with their Open Site Explorer.

          If you are looking at your whole domain, just enter the homepage url and set the filter "target" to "this root domain".

          It will then show you the site.page linking to you plus the page its linking too. You can also download a CSV file to help you quickly sort.

          If your goal is to get rid of bad links, you can use the Open Site Explorer to see a sites "Spam Score". Any domain with a rating of 7+ is probably a good candidate.

          I do agree with Josh, in that removing bad links is not a high priority unless you know you have used bad SEO tactics to spam your site.

          Hope this helps,

          Don

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