My Ultra-Legit Freeware/Shareware Site is Getting 1,000s of Spammy Backlinks

Kelby · 12-21-2009, 04:19 PM

We have a few websites where we provide software (shareware/freeware) type stuff that we've developed.

We are trying to rank good for these websites but we are starting to get THOUSANDS of unsolicited backlinks from very spammy, warez-like websites.

When we look in our referral logs, we see sites like...

www.mega-warez.ch/927739/warez-finder.php?=227349
www.steal-software-now.nl/data/29882
www.underground-piracy-warez.com/black/node/2928.asp
www.iaihjs99w.ni/alks892la/askhv81/xx2.php
..and so on.

I have no idea what's on these pages or how these pages are linked to me (I refuse to visit them - unsafe)... but having a link profile that is 99% warez/scraper sites can't be good?

Is having a backlink profile that predominately consists of websites like listed above hurtful to my site's ranking?

Obviously I didn't ask for all these warez/spam sites to link to me... is Google smart enough to know this?

What do you suggest I do? Am I taking a hit in the SERPs because of this?

Thanks so much for any guidance or advice.

Deke.

turbohips · 12-21-2009, 05:15 PM

Google does not penalize for bad site links. If they did we would crush our competition with those types of links.

Fraggler · 12-21-2009, 07:17 PM

They are just referral spamming you. They don't have a link on their site pointing back to you so don't worry about it. Make you stats package private if you want to stop this.

Boris_yo · 12-21-2009, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbohips

Google does not penalize for bad site links. If they did we would crush our competition with those types of links.

Agree. Also you can experience a movement in rankings with incoming links.

12-21-2009, 04:19 PM	#1
Kelby Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 65 Thanks: 6 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	My Ultra-Legit Freeware/Shareware Site is Getting 1,000s of Spammy Backlinks We have a few websites where we provide software (shareware/freeware) type stuff that we've developed. We are trying to rank good for these websites but we are starting to get THOUSANDS of unsolicited backlinks from very spammy, warez-like websites. When we look in our referral logs, we see sites like... www.mega-warez.ch/927739/warez-finder.php?=227349 www.steal-software-now.nl/data/29882 www.underground-piracy-warez.com/black/node/2928.asp www.iaihjs99w.ni/alks892la/askhv81/xx2.php ..and so on. I have no idea what's on these pages or how these pages are linked to me (I refuse to visit them - unsafe)... but having a link profile that is 99% warez/scraper sites can't be good? Is having a backlink profile that predominately consists of websites like listed above hurtful to my site's ranking? Obviously I didn't ask for all these warez/spam sites to link to me... is Google smart enough to know this? What do you suggest I do? Am I taking a hit in the SERPs because of this? Thanks so much for any guidance or advice. Deke.

12-21-2009, 05:15 PM	#2
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12-21-2009, 07:17 PM	#3
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