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    • vidi2354
      vidi2354 last edited by

      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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      • cihiloj777
        cihiloj777 last edited by

        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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        • vidi837
          vidi837 last edited by

          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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          • dv123569
            dv123569 Banned @HolegarioSEO last edited by

            How to remove bad backlinks for the latest gadgets, tech news, latest deals

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            • dv123569
              dv123569 Banned last edited by

              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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              • HolegarioSEO
                HolegarioSEO @Susnskaksj728 last edited by

                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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                • HolegarioSEO
                  HolegarioSEO @kurosaki4d last edited by

                  Disavow Bad Backlinks in Google Search and Give mixed (DoFollow & NoFollow) Backlinks from trusted sites it will be reduced.

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                  • Susnskaksj728
                    Susnskaksj728 last edited by

                    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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                    • Makua1
                      Makua1 last edited by

                      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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                      • noumanfdsfsf
                        noumanfdsfsf last edited by

                        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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                        • smithjack007
                          smithjack007 last edited by

                          my website https://keygendl.com/ got 4% Spam score. is there any way to reduce it

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                          • kurosaki4d
                            kurosaki4d Banned @jadersonm last edited by

                            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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                            • jadersonm
                              jadersonm last edited by

                              my website https://www.take-screenshot.com/ got 46% Spam score. is there any way to reduce it

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                              • Cynthia.Mills
                                Cynthia.Mills last edited by

                                my website  https://20bekhar.com/ has 18% spam score and I couldnt solve this problem  😞

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                                • ViviCa1
                                  ViviCa1 last edited by

                                  You can see a list of the reasons you got this spam score here: https://moz.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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                                  • jocameron
                                    jocameron Staff last edited by jocameron

                                    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://moz.com/help/link-explorer/link-building/spam-score

                                    Disavowing 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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                                    • Alick300
                                      Alick300 last edited by

                                      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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