How we reduced spam score for a client website in just 2 days?
A site’s spam score plays an important role in its domain authority and overall site reputation. A score above 5% indicates an underlying issue that should be addressed immediately.
A client approached us with a site spam score of 14%. After auditing the site, we found:
⚠️ A large number of toxic backlinks
⚠️ Artificial and low-quality content across multiple pages
Lets find out how you can reduce your spam score strategically with these steps.
Step 1: Go to “Backlinks” on your SEMRush account
Step 2: Enter your domain and Analyze
Step 3: Navigate to “Backlinks”
Step 4: Click on “Toxic Domains”
Step 5: Here, SEMRush populates a list of websites. Select Toxic Score between 60-100. And select all the respective and click Disavow
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Step 6: Click on “Disavow” at the top most of the SEMRush dashboard
Step 7: Click “Export to TXT”
Step 8: Search on Google “Google Search Console Disavow”
Step 9: Select your property
Step 10: Click on “Upload disavow list”
Step 11: Disavow list submitted successfully with Google.
The wrap:
Your site’s spam score would come down within days.
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