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