Our forum links are redirecting to high spammy & NSFW sites: Any impact on main website?

[vtmoz]

Hi all,

We have a discussion forum like subdomain.website.com. Some spammers have created many links with our subdomain URL which are redirecting to high spammy and NSFW sites (Not sure how they did). We are trying to stop the redirects.

So far many visitors and bots have recorded visits to these spammy sites with our URL.

Will this impact our website anyhow ? I noticed that our website spam score has been increased and not sure if this is coincidental or penalized. Ranking even dropped without manual actions.

I wonder how much of this subdomain activity will impact main website?

Please advise.

[Dalerio-Consulting]

As stated by Google, subdomains can be considered as part of your site, so the redirects can negatively harm your site and raise red flags although not as much as directories/posts.

As the redirects are done on subdomains, then you should check with your domain provider or hosting provider in order to disable the use of subdomains and revert the issue.

Daniel Rika - Dalerio Consulting
https://dalerioconsulting.com/
info@dalerioconsulting.com