Free Spam Score Checker

What is a spam score?

A spam score is a 0 to 100 estimate of how likely a page or domain is to be low quality. It is calculated from page and domain traits such as missing contact details, an insecure connection, unusual domain names, and very high numbers of outgoing links. The score you see here is the average spam score of the pages that link to your domain.

How to read your score

• Low, 0 to 30. Most linking pages look normal.
• Medium, 31 to 60. A share of your links come from pages with spam traits. Worth a review.
• High, 61 to 100. Many linking pages show strong spam traits. Review them closely.

We list a linking domain as spammy when its link scores 31 or higher, the start of the medium band.

What is disavowing?

A disavow file asks Google to ignore specific links or whole domains when it assesses your site. You upload it in Google Search Console. Google says most sites never need one, and that it is meant for cases where you have many spammy, artificial or low quality links pointing to your site, especially if you have a manual action.

Use it with care

A spam score is a statistical signal, not proof that a link hurts you. Some useful links score high and some poor links score low. Open the linking pages, keep links you trust, and only disavow what you are sure about. Disavowing good links can remove value you already have.

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