{"id":20412,"date":"2019-10-14T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T10:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stanventures.com\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:37:16","slug":"google-ignores-negative-seo-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative SEO: Google Ignores Negative Backlinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#What_is_Negative_SEO\" >What is Negative SEO?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#Types_of_Negative_SEO\" >Types of Negative SEO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#How_to_Detect_and_Secure_Your_Website_Against_Negative_SEO_Attacks\" >How to Detect and Secure Your Website Against Negative SEO Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#Does_Negative_SEO_Still_Happen\" >Does Negative SEO Still Happen?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#Why_Would_Someone_Commit_Negative_SEO\" >Why Would Someone Commit Negative SEO?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#Is_Google_Doing_Anything_About_Negative_SEO\" >Is Google Doing Anything About Negative SEO?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ignores-negative-seo-threats\/#Wrapping_Up\" >Wrapping Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>A negative SEO attack is something that almost all SEOs are worried about. There are agencies that concentrate on building negative backlinks to competitor websites of their clients to get an undue advantage. But with Google now being sophisticated enough, will these shady practices affect a genuine site?<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent Twitter interaction that John Mueller had with a confused webmaster, these practices are easily picked up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-algorithm-updates\/\">Google Algorithms<\/a> and ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of discussion occurred when a webmaster received a threatening email that said the website will be put under a <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/preparing-for-negative-seo\">negative SEO attack<\/a> if the website doesn\u2019t buy some of the products.<\/p>\n<p>The email that looks outright spammy, was asking the webmaster for confirmation on his decision on buying the product. At one point in the email, it\u2019s written: \u201cI\u2019ll start building a lot of spammy backlinks to your domain to kill your website off.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is there any thing to worry for me? received today, I have got from an other person as well about 2 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DYcihm8MXa\">pic.twitter.com\/DYcihm8MXa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 90shopping Co LLC (@90shoppingco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/90shoppingco\/status\/1183336603193892865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The worried webmaster tweeted John asking whether he has to worry. \u201cIs there anything to worry for me? received today, I have got from another person as well about 2 months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s just spam &#8212; you can ignore it.\u201d John\u2019s initial response to this.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMu\/status\/1183347952481382400<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He also tagged the twitter handle of the website that supposedly sent the email and asked them to \u201ccut it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a latter tweet, John was asked by the Webmaster specifically whether a site will get affected by these negative SEO tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. We just ignore links like that. At most, it keeps them busy doing useless things, rather than improving their business. That&#8217;s good for you, too bad for them :-),\u201d John replied.<\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s reply is an indication that websites that follow such shady practices may suffer from their rankings in the future. Since a majority of such emails are marked as spam by the receiver, Google gets a clear indication of how to deal with such sites.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you feel your website has been targeted for negative SEO attack, especially using spammy backlinks, you always have an option to disavow them using your search console.<\/p>\n<p>However, John has confirmed several times Google recognizes these negative backlinks, and it ignores them. In most cases, SEOs need not have to do anything.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Negative_SEO\"><\/span>What is Negative SEO?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Negative SEO is the process of using black hat SEO practices on target websites to get them penalized by Google. Negative SEO can be practiced to reduce or disable a website\u2019s SEO properties. Finding negative SEO practices on a website and tackling them can be quite tricky since they aren\u2019t easy to detect. The effects of negative SEO can only be detected when a website dips in its search ranking and organic traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_Negative_SEO\"><\/span><b>Types of Negative SEO<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>People perform negative SEO in multiple ways. Here is a look at the most common types of negative SEO out there.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Hacking a Website<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Website hacking is one of the most expensive SEO tactics. However, people resort to it when they are determined to bring down a site\u2019s ranking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hacking-a-website-negative-seo.png\" alt=\"hacking a website - negative seo\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hacking-a-website-negative-seo.png 800w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hacking-a-website-negative-seo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hacking-a-website-negative-seo-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your website is hacked, you lose control of it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once an attacker hijacks your website, they can do anything that affects your site\u2019s performance. That\u2019s a negative SEO attack.<\/p>\n<p>The attack can range anywhere from spamming your site with duplicate or low-quality content to injecting toxic backlinks.<\/p>\n<p>In the worst-case scenario, hackers can even modify your robots.txt file in such a way that Google bots ignore your site completely. In such a case, no crawling will happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>Building Spammy Backlinks to Your Site<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Creating low-quality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/link-building\/link-spam\/\">spammy backlinks<\/a> pointing to your website is another common type of negative SEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Backlinks are a critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-ranking-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google ranking factor<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While high-quality, contextual backlinks strengthen your backlink profile and help you get higher rankings, spammy backlinks from low-quality sites bring you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-penalties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penalty<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A single spammy backlink to a site won\u2019t alter its rankings much. That\u2019s why people use link farms to create a negative SEO effect on the target site.<\/p>\n<p>If Google finds out that the backlinks pointing to your site are from link farms, the search engine perceives that you participated in a link scheme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/building-spammy-backlinks-to-your-site-negative-seo.png\" alt=\"building spammy backlinks to your site - negative seo\" width=\"920\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/building-spammy-backlinks-to-your-site-negative-seo.png 920w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/building-spammy-backlinks-to-your-site-negative-seo-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/building-spammy-backlinks-to-your-site-negative-seo-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a violation of Google\u2019s Guidelines and the search engine giant will punish you by imposing a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Penalized sites typically rank lower. Or even worse, Google will remove you from its search results so that it doesn\u2019t show up for user queries at all.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Content Scraping<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/duplicate-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Content scraping<\/a> is a serious negative SEO tactic that can harm your website\u2019s credibility and online discoverability.<\/p>\n<p>Original content is a must-have to showcase your expertise and boost your site\u2019s authority. But what if someone steals your originality?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what content scraping is about.<\/p>\n<p>It involves creating copies of content on your site and publishing it on multiple sites, often PBNs.<\/p>\n<p>Wait. But isn\u2019t Google smart enough to rank the original version and ignore the rest? It is, in most cases.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo-1024x241.png\" alt=\"content scraping - negative seo\" width=\"640\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo-1024x241.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo-1536x361.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/content-scraping-negative-seo.png 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, if the original content isn\u2019t indexed yet and Google finds one of the copies before it discovers the original version, it is likely to rank the one the crawlers locate first.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why scrapers often target newly published content for duplication.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Fake Negative Reviews<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Positive reviews complement your business online. On the other hand, negative reviews can hurt your online reputation.<\/p>\n<p>That said, spreading fake negative reviews about your business is one of the first things your competitors are likely to do.<\/p>\n<p>So, how do they execute it?<\/p>\n<p>Your jealous competitors may flood your website and social media pages with fake negative reviews.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to buy products or services from sites with a majority of negative reviews, right?<\/p>\n<p>That way, these fake negative reviews can affect your traffic flow and conversion rate, especially if you don\u2019t pay timely attention to them.<\/p>\n<p>But again, Google is now improving its detection of fake reviews. Recently, Google removed millions of fake reviews from Google Maps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo-1024x261.png\" alt=\"fake negative reviews - seo\" width=\"640\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo-1536x392.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fake-negative-reviews-seo.png 1603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Fake Requests to Remove Backlinks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Industry players who intend to beat you on the grounds of backlinks will want to weaken your backlink profile.<\/p>\n<p>Such people may indulge in unfair practices to remove your backlinks from external websites.<\/p>\n<p>Like what?<\/p>\n<p>They may get in touch with webmasters in your disguise or pretend to be a representative of your agency and ask them to remove backlinks to your site.<\/p>\n<p>The more the number of backlinks you lose, the weaker your backlink profile will become. This may pull your website down in SERPs ultimately.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Crawler Attack<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>What if I told you negative SEO could crash your website altogether?<\/p>\n<p>This can happen if your site is forcefully crawled to fuel heavy server loads.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy crawling can slow down your website and may result in a crash. Also, if this keeps happening, you will end up losing your credibility online.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Detect_and_Secure_Your_Website_Against_Negative_SEO_Attacks\"><\/span><b>How to Detect and Secure Your Website Against Negative SEO Attacks<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now that you know the potential ways negative SEO can hit your website, it\u2019s time to figure out how you can detect negative SEO attacks and fortify your website against them.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Leverage the Google Search Console Email Alerts\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Google can send you alerts on your website being attacked, your pages not being indexed, search engine penalties, server connectivity issues and more.<\/p>\n<p>How?<\/p>\n<p>The Google Search Console is your trump card.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo-1024x599.png\" alt=\"leverage the google search console email alerts - negative seo\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo-1536x898.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leverage-the-google-search-console-email-alerts-negative-seo.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the Search Console, you can manage your email notifications by clicking <i>User Settings \u2014&gt; Email preferences<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This way, you can monitor your site and dodge negative SEO attacks, especially if you identify them at an early stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>Check Your Backlink Profile<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, attackers who want to weaken your backlink profile will create toxic links pointing to your profile.<\/p>\n<p>Again, Google\u2019s John Mueller affirms that Google recognizes such malicious backlinks and ignores them.<\/p>\n<p>However, doing things within your powers to eliminate toxic backlinks can help you create an extra layer of protection and maintain a healthy link profile.<\/p>\n<p>So, how do you fight these spammy link attacks?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"check your backlink profile - ahrefs site explorer\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer-1536x921.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/check-your-backlink-profile-ahrefs-site-explorer.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I suggest using tools like Ahrefs Site Explorer to monitor your backlinks.<\/p>\n<p>If you see a big difference in your backlink pattern, a sudden spike in your backlinks, for example, take a closer look at it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the increase in your backlinks is the aftermath of publishing kickass content or initiating marketing campaigns, it\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, if you find malicious backlinks, create a list of those links and submit it to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/2648487?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google\u2019s disavow too<\/a>l.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Secure Your Admin Login<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Again, hackers are another great threat to your credibility online.<\/p>\n<p>But how do you prevent this havoc?<\/p>\n<p>Hackers need access to some kind of admin login information to hijack your site. That said, you have to fortify your site with advanced levels of security.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secure-your-admin-login-wplogin-1024x614.png\" alt=\"secure your admin login - wplogin\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secure-your-admin-login-wplogin-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secure-your-admin-login-wplogin-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secure-your-admin-login-wplogin-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secure-your-admin-login-wplogin.png 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This way, it will be a herculean task for scammers to hack your site and manipulate it from within.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, website hacks may not be within the power of webmasters to stop. However, if you can spot early signs of infiltration, you can still save your site.<\/p>\n<p>Perform sitewide audits from time to time to identify toxic elements and weed them out before they spread across your site.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Remove Low-Quality Backlinks<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>What if one of your referring domains is penalized?<\/p>\n<p>Google may not find that site impressive anymore and may even have brought down its authority score considerably.<\/p>\n<p>That means the quality of your backlink from that site may not be the same anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Google finds that a penalized site vouches for you, it may turn a suspicious eye toward your site too.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it is essential to audit your backlinks regularly and remove the bad ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once you jot down low-quality backlinks to your site, contact corresponding webmasters and request them to remove your backlinks from their sites.<\/p>\n<p>This will probably get the issue sorted out. In case you don\u2019t see any action taken, feel free to disavow your bad backlinks.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Safeguard Against Fake Link Removal Requests<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Your backlink analysis data helps you identify the number of backlinks you have lost within a specific time frame.<\/p>\n<p>If you find your quality backlinks removed or see a sharp increase in the number of lost links, fake link removal requests may be the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>If you suspect some shady practice is going on, get in touch with website owners who have removed your backlinks and ask why they\u2019ve removed them.<\/p>\n<p>This way, you can find out if someone has sent fake link removal requests pretending to be you.<\/p>\n<p>Even if some webmasters have reasons for link removal, a genuine email pitch can help you regain your lost backlinks.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Negative_SEO_Still_Happen\"><\/span><b>Does Negative SEO Still Happen?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Google has become a lot smarter with a lot of algorithm updates happening over the years, and it can detect negative SEO attacks.<\/p>\n<p>However, negative SEO will still happen as long as there are businesses that indulge in unfair practices to crush their competitors online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Negative SEO may not be the reason behind every time your website sees a drop in rankings. However, there\u2019s nothing wrong with being on guard at all times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Negative SEO can happen both internally and externally.<\/p>\n<p>Doing SEO the wrong way can affect your website\u2019s rankings and result in negative SEO. That\u2019s how negative SEO occurs internally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If someone works from the outside to ruin things for your site using the above mentioned tactics, that\u2019s negative SEO happening externally.<\/p>\n<p>No matter if a negative SEO attack comes from within or outside, it will affect your site\u2019s health and its SERP positions.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why you must fight against SEO attacks targeting your site.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Would_Someone_Commit_Negative_SEO\"><\/span>Why Would Someone Commit Negative SEO?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Negative SEO is carried out by people with the motive to sabotage a competitor\u2019s website, extort money illegally or just to have fun by creating trouble for them. However, there are also chances of negative SEO happening unintentionally. These cases prevail when website owners involve in black hat SEO practices to improve their website ranking quickly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Google_Doing_Anything_About_Negative_SEO\"><\/span><b>Is Google Doing Anything About Negative SEO?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>As I said earlier, Google constantly keeps upgrading its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/google-algorithm-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">algorithms<\/a> to catch and prevent negative SEO\u00a0 attempts. However, they can\u2019t be 100% transparent about what is happening in the backend.<\/p>\n<p>Just like webmasters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/managed-seo-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional SEOs<\/a>, hackers out there will also be waiting to know that so that they can find loopholes in it to mess around with websites.<\/p>\n<p>Despite maintaining secrecy, Google has made some things public to help webmasters to protect their sites from spam attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The disavow links feature we discussed above is a good example.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrapping_Up\"><\/span><b>Wrapping Up<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Negative SEO is a huge threat to your website\u2019s health. If you don\u2019t take action at the earliest, it will eat up all your SEO efforts and pull down your website in the SERPs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know how dangerous it is, make sure you spend some time on a regular basis to check for negative SEO on your site and resolve issues as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Need help optimizing your website the right way and securing it against negative SEO attacks? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with us<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A negative SEO attack is something that almost all SEOs are worried about. 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