How to Reduce the spam score of the website?
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Hi there!
Please note that Spam Score updates quarterly, so any changes you've made to the features on your site that correspond to Spam Score flags won't update immediately.Please take a look at your guide on how to investigate Spam Score
I hope this helps!
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@ankitakale
Hi there!
It may help to note that anything under 30% is considered a low Spam Score. If you're looking to reduce your own site's spam score then you will need to look at the features on your site that correspond to the relevant Spam Score flag. Please take a look at your guide on how to investigate and reduce Spam ScoreI hope this helps!
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I have newly created a site and made it live recently but my site showed 22% spam score my site is https://seoslogs.com/
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it.
There are many solutions written but they are not working in my case so please provide me with the best solution. For the last 2months, I am working on backlinks also but no change in the Spam Score.
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I am working as a Jr. SEO Analyst. One of my client website UpSmiles have spam score 1.
My client is asking make it as 0.
I tried all types of methods but they are not working in my case so please provide me the best solution.
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it. -
I have newly created a site and made it live recently but my site showed 22% spam score my site is https://www.ecoguardtechnologies.com/
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it.
There are many solutions written but they are not working in my case so please provide me with the best solution. For the last 2months, I am working on backlinks also but no change in the Spam Score.
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@jocameron can you analysis what did from from me https://www.gtzed.com/ its SS hit.
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@jocameron
Thank you sir.This is very informative
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Here are some quick wins to lower your spam score
Create a text version.
Avoid usage of spam-sensitive words and phrases.
Use normal text inside hyperlinks, instead of the URL.
Use a proper from address.
Use a proper subject line.
Avoid HTML errors, unsupported techniques, obscure content, obfuscation.
Images.
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@designbump Hi there!
A score of 1%-30% is considered a Low Spam Score.If you look at the 27 factors or signals we use to determine Spam Score (https://mza.bundledseo.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-score#spam-score-signals)
There are two that may be impacted by the quantity of outbound links:
20. Number of External Outlinks Spam sites are more likely to have abnormally high or low external outlinks.- Number of Domains Linked-To Spam sites are more likely to have abnormally high or low unique domains to which they link.
However these are just two of 27 factors that are considered as part of Spam Score.
Spam Score represents the percentage of sites with similar features to the site you’re researching which we've found to be penalized or banned by Google. Spam Score is based on our machine learning model which identified 27 common features among the millions of banned or penalized sites in the data we fed it.
It's best used in the context of reviewing the overall quality of your site so that it best serves your users.
If you do make changes please note that Spam Score is updated quarterly, however we don't currently have an exact date of when the next update is due.
I hope this helps!
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@saeedroshan Spam Score represents the percentage of sites with similar features to the site you’re researching which we've found to be penalized or banned by Google. Spam Score is based on our machine learning model which identified 27 common features among the millions of banned or penalized sites in the data we fed it.
A score of 1%-30% is considered a Low Spam Score.
A score of 31%-60% is considered a Medium Spam Score.
A score of 61%-100% is considered a High Spam Score.
A high Spam Score for your site, or a site you're looking at, doesn't mean this site is necessarily spammy, or doesn't have great backlinks. It's a sign that you should do some more investigation into the quality and relevance the features on the site you're investigating.
There is a great video on Spam Score on our Help Hub here https://mza.bundledseo.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-score
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@jocameron I am facing the same issue here. although I have added hundreds of quality backlinks for trusted websites, however my spam score does not seem to get any better. my website is https://nursino.com . any advice?
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@offilery I have the same issue with designbump.com. I've gone through every post on my site and removed any links to non-reputable websites. However, it still remains at 10%. I'm not even sure how often they rescan the website and update their records because nothing has really changed in over a year, despite my efforts.
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I have newly created a site and make it live recently but my site showed 38% spam score my site is http://reservations-desk.com/
If anybody has a solution please share it with me so I can reduce it.
There are many solutions written but they are not working in my case so please provide me the best solution.
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Hi,
Before 5 days, My website https://edgenericstore.com/ spam score increased. Someone making spammy backlinks for my website and my spam score became 2% to 15%. I am so much confused about it. How can I decrease my spam score? I add a spammy backlink in the search console to remove from google.But after 1 week my spam score has not changed.
Please I need a Suggestion. What can I do??
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Hi
My website https://www.mycplus.com is live since 2004 and all of sudden it's spam score reached to 37%. Any idea how I can reduce it? It was showing 1% till Jan this year but since then it stared to increase day by day.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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Hi all,
My website https://rchappy.com has 78% spam score. Is it possible to reduce this heavy spam score and rank my website? -
spam socre website techna.news is 37% . we reduce follow links and get better spam score.
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Hello sir
My site techsaa.com has spam score 20. I disavowed 89 spam domains through Google disavow tool a month ago but still moz is showing spam score.
Can you please guide me how long Google or Moz takes to disavow that links, or Is there any tool inside Moz that we can submit a list of spam domains or tell moz that my site have no relation with that spammy sites. because we all don't know who is linking our domains.
Hope for the best answer
Thank You
Abdul Majid Qureshi
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Our virtual assistant website https://virtualouspro.tech/ spam score went up by 28%. I am little concerned if it continues to grow what action can we take? I know quality backlinks are important and we are doing what we can but it's getting serious now.
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Hi, My website https://bumble-datingsite.com/ has DA2 and 2 Backlinks but still, my website didn't rank on google. I'm not getting any results from this website.
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Hi, My website https://hingelogin.com/ has DA6 and 32 Backlinks but still, my website didn't rank on google. I'm not getting any results from this website.
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Hey,
We are doing good in terms of spam score, but suddenly it was increased form 0 to 6.
Is any solution for us? website: https://jacketarena.com
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Hello everyone,
This is my website- HingeDatingSite.com . I'm not doing any SEO for this website. I just submitted this website to few directories but those directories are below 1% spam score websites, still, I got 6 spam score. Can anyone please help me with this? Is there any problem with the hosting IP addresses? Thanks.
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How to remove bad backlinks for the latest gadgets, tech news, latest deals
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Hello there,
I want to know that my website https://www.cracka2zsoft.com/ got 14% Spam score. is there any way to reduce it
thanks
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Google Search and Give mixed (DoFollow & NoFollow) Backlinks from trusted sites it will be reduced. and give some time to bots to verify
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Disavow Bad Backlinks in Google Search and Give mixed (DoFollow & NoFollow) Backlinks from trusted sites it will be reduced.
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This is the same issue I am facing that my site has a spam score of 61% even I have submitted the spammy links to google console disavow but still in Moz the spam score showing the same this is my website barooq please help me out how to reduce the spam score.
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This is same issue i am facing that my site have spam score of 6% even I have submitted the spammy links to google console disavow but still in Moz the spam score showing same this is my website https://www.yourlyricsstore.com/ please help me out how to reduce the spam score.
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My website https://www.buzzytricks.com/ has a spam score of 5%. I find the spammy links through Moz tools but I don't know how to remove them. Help !!!!!!
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my website https://keygendl.com/ got 4% Spam score. is there any way to reduce it
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I noticed that you've successfully reduced the spam score of your website. May i ask you how you have done it? Because i am facing a similar problem.
Thank you
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my website https://www.take-screenshot.com/ got 46% Spam score. is there any way to reduce it
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my website https://20bekhar.com/ has 18% spam score and I couldnt solve this problem
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You can see a list of the reasons you got this spam score here: https://mza.bundledseo.com/researchtools/ose/spam-analysis/flags?subdomain=www.naturesouq.com
Low MozTrust or MozRank Score
The site link profile is not trustworthy.Ratio of Followed to Nofollowed Domains
The ratio of followed to nofollowed domains linking to this subdomain is outside the normal range of others in our index.Ratio of Followed to Nofollowed Subdomains
The ratio of followed to nofollowed subdomains linking to this subdomain is outside the normal range of others in our index.Large Site with Few Links
We found very few sites linking to this site, considering its size.Small Proportion of Branded Links
Links to this subdomain have low amounts of branded anchor text.Thin Content
A subset of pages within this subdomain have little content.Large Number of External Links
A subset of pages within this subdomain has a large number of external links.External Links in Navigation
There's a large number of external links within sidebars and footers.How can you lower your spam score? Some might be easier, i.e. removing external links in the navigation. Based on the points listed, it sounds like you might have some issues with your backlink profile, on-site links and (thin) content.
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Hi there!
Jo here, from the Moz Support team.
Updated for 2021 Spam Score --
It's worth noting that a score of 1%-30% is considered a Low Spam Score, a score of 31%-60% is considered a Medium Spam Score, a score of 61%-100% is considered a High Spam Score.
Moz's Spam Score is the percentage of sites with similar features we've found to be penalized or banned by Google (it's not based on the spam score of the sites linking to you). To improve this score I would recommend reading our guide which explains the 27 factors used to make up this score. You can then look at your site and investigate areas you would like to improve on your site:
https://mza.bundledseo.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-scoreDisavowing or removing links is not a method for improving your Moz Spam Score. We don't have a way to identify links you've disavowed. Google doesn't make this information available through their Search Console API. Spam Score is percentage of sites with similar features we've found to be penalized or banned by Google.
Cheers,
Jo
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Hi,
There is only way to reduce spam score by removing shady/spam links and get quality backlinks for your website.
Thanks
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