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My site got hacked and now i have 1000s of 404 pages and backlinks. Should i transfer my site to a new domain name and start again?
Its not a big problem and there is no need to start on a new domain. In fact, this is common with WordPress websites that are not updated regularly. I would advise the following: Try to identify how did the hack take place - if its WordPress you can install the Sucuri Security (free) plugin that will help identify any compromised files. Cleanup the website by deleting all the spam sub-folders & pages. Update your WordPress, Theme and all Plugins (if this is a WordPress website). You can have a quick fix for all the 404s by submitting a 410 response code for these URLs. This can be done through a number of free redirection plugins on WordPress. If its not a WordPress site, there are a number of other options to get this done too. Hope that helps.
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