Search engine optimization continues to change every year, and digital marketers are tuning their SEO strategies to keep up with the competitive nature in search rankings.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Protecting your website continues to be a strong demand; unethical practices like Black Hat SEO can sabotage websites and bring them down in search results, a website owner’s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n
NewSunSEO is a Myrtle Beach SEO company<\/a> that provides services to protect any local companies from negative SEO attacks, call us today to schedule a appointment!<\/p>\n As black hat SEO tactics get harder to perform, and less likely to effect site performance, a new SEO strategy known as, “negative SEO” is becoming the next thing.<\/p>\n Unethical search engine optimization tactics are able to damage a website’s safety, site speed, and lowering a websites rankings in search results.<\/p>\n Negative SEO practices can damage websites and rankings on major search engines.<\/p>\n Such attacks can make all the good SEO efforts previously implemented seem valueless, if not aware.<\/p>\n This blog post will help you understand how to protect your website from negative SEO and tips on how to avoid falling victim to negative SEO tactics.<\/p>\n Negative SEO is the use of black-hat or unethical methods to undermine a competitor\u2019s ranking in search engines.<\/p>\n There are many ways to attack negative SEO.<\/p>\n There is no doubt about it. Negative SEO is a real problem, and many websites have had to address it. It is easier to prevent it than fix it.<\/p>\n You can search Fiverr for negative SEO to find more than 15,000 people who are willing to work for $5.<\/p>\n Black hat forums are filled with stories about people who have used this technique successfully.<\/p>\n Google\u2019s Disavow Tool has been released to assist webmasters in dealing with this issue.<\/p>\n However, the tool should only be used as a last resort and with caution.<\/p>\n Matt Cutts has the answer to negative SEO.<\/p>\n The tool usually works in 2-4 weeks. Is it possible to afford to have your website suspended for a month?<\/p>\n You can\u2019t! I\u2019ll show you how to prevent these attacks and keep your business safe.<\/p>\n Google can alert you by sending email notifications when:<\/p>\n Create a Google Webmaster Tools account and connect it to your website.<\/p>\n Click \u201cWebmaster tools preferences\u201d when you log into your Google webmasters tools account.<\/p>\n Enable email notifications to get alerts immediately about all kinds of issues. Click \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n The next step is monitoring your backlink profile.<\/p>\n The backlink profile will make a website owner aware of any negative SEO tactics.<\/p>\n Therefore, it will show the insertion of low quality links within your site and redirects.<\/p>\n To check if someone has built low quality backlinks to your website, you can use tools from other sites such as Ahrefs.<\/p>\n 1. Insert your domain into Ahrefs Open Site Explorer tool. In the left menu, choose\u00a0Backlink profile > Referring <\/em><\/p>\n domains\u00a0<\/em>report.<\/p>\n 2. Click the Domain Rating (DR) metric to sort the domains from the lowest DR to the highest.<\/p>\n (Learn more about Ahrefs Domain rating and URL rating here:\u00a0https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-metrics\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n 3. Low URL rating (UR) and Domain rating metric doesn’t always mean spam. It could mean the site<\/p>\n where the link originated from is new. Make sure you identify each suspicious link further. Look for<\/p>\n indications of spammy links like ones originating from foreign websites that don’t pertain to your<\/p>\n business.<\/p>\n 4.When you find a domain that doesn’t belong, click the number under the “backlinks” colum for<\/p>\n analyze further details. Look at the anchor text of the link. If the link doesn’t relate to your business or<\/p>\n looks suspicious, this can be a great indicator of spam links .<\/p>\n 5. If you click on a suspicious link, you can check if the content on that page is low quality.Also, you<\/p>\n can utilize Afherfs site explorer to check for spam links in the Anchors report.Furthermore, if you can<\/p>\n see a lot of irrelevant anchors, then the spam links are more than likely to have a negative impact.<\/p>\n Before removing any spammy links through Aherfs, it is strongly recommended to conduct the<\/p>\n removal of these links from Google Search Console. First, create a file .txt file of all the spam links you<\/p>\n wish to remove and export from your Aherfs account. Than, submit the file to the Disavow tool within<\/p>\n Google Search Counsel.<\/p>\n A negative SEO attack to remove your links will sometimes entail the spammer using your name to<\/p>\n contact the owner of the link and requesting to remove your backlink.<\/p>\n How to prevent negative SEO from damaging backlinks :<\/p>\n For example, your email should look like this: yourname@domainname.com<\/p>\n To protect backlinks, add a tag to the links you value most. If any links were to be removed, you would be notified immediately.<\/p>\n How to add a tag:<\/p>\n Security is extremely important when preventing negative SEO attacks. Malware on your website is not something that keeps your business safe.<\/p>\n Take these steps to protect your website:<\/p>\n Content duplication is one of the most popular techniques spammers use.<\/p>\n They will copy and paste your website content wherever they can. Your website could be penalized if most of the content is copied and posted everywhere.<\/p>\n Copyscape.com<\/a> allows you to check if there are duplicate pages on your website.<\/p>\n You can simply add your website or the body of the article that you wish to verify and it will tell you if the content has been published elsewhere without your permission.<\/p>\n Spammers may create fake accounts on social networks using your company name or website name.<\/p>\n Report these accounts as spam to stop them from becoming popular.<\/p>\n You can use tools such as Mention.net<\/a> to find out who\u2019s using your brand name.<\/p>\n You will be notified if someone mentions you on any social media platform or website. From there, you can decide if you want to take action.<\/p>\n Register and click \u201cCreate an alert\u201d. Name your alert and enter the keywords that you wish to be alerted. Multiple languages can be used.<\/p>\n Click \u201cNext step.\u201d<\/p>\n Mention.net will search for the following sources. You can also add domains that you don\u2019t want to be included.<\/p>\n Click \u201cCreate an alert\u201d to receive notifications whenever your keyword (company name), is mentioned in social media, blogs and forums.<\/p>\n Your website may suddenly load very slowly. This is not due to spammers sending thousands of requests every second to your server.<\/p>\n Spammers may take down your server if you don\u2019t respond quickly.<\/p>\n Pingdom.com<\/a> is a great tool to monitor server uptime and load time.<\/p>\n Register for an account to receive email alerts when your site is down.<\/p>\n Contact your hosting company immediately if your website is attacked.<\/p>\n You should not use techniques which are not approved by Google to<\/p>\n hurt your website\u2019s rankings. These are the types of things you<\/p>\n shouldn\u2019t do:<\/p>\n There\u2019s no reason to make enemies. Never argue with clients, because you never know who your client is.<\/p>\n There are three types and reasons spammers spam:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to do if you find out that someone is using negative SEO tactics against your company.<\/p>\n You can remove bad links from your website by looking at the URLs that have been recently added. You can add tags to any bad links.<\/p>\n These can be manually checked and you can determine which links are hurting your rankings.<\/p>\n If you get email alerts about new backlinks that you don\u2019t know of, create this list immediately.<\/p>\n Once you have identified the backlinks that you need to remove, contact the webmaster and ask for your link to be removed.<\/p>\n To find an email address, you can use Whois.com\/whois<\/a> if you don\u2019t see the contact page.<\/p>\n Enter the root domain of your website and search for \u201cRegistrant email.\u201d<\/p>\n If you are unable to get a response from the hosting company, or if your link remains unremoved, you can ask them to remove spammy links.<\/p>\n Many hosting companies will assist you in removing the links.<\/p>\n Check out WhoIsHostingThis.com<\/a> to see who hosts the website.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve received a penalty manually, the Google Disavow Tool can be used.<\/p>\n If none of these methods work, you can create a disavowlist that you can submit to Google Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n This list can be created on your MonitorBacklinks.com Account here.<\/p>\n Website security is vital for websites that want to be successful. Here are some ways to avoid negative SEO.<\/p>\n What are your other ways to avoid negative SEO?<\/p>\n NEWSUNSEO is a Search engine optimization and website development company dedicated to helping businesses reach higher search engine rankings.<\/p>\n If you feel your company could benefit from our Myrtle Beach SEO company, give us a call today to revive a free proposal!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recent events such as unnatural link warnings from Google, over optimization filters andblog networks being deindexed by Google, the concern …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[13,22,347,362,103,405],"class_list":["post-116798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-link-building","tag-seo","tag-seo-ranking-factors","tag-social-media","tag-webmaster","tag-website-development-myrtle-beach"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Negative SEO Attacks can include:<\/h2>\n
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Are Negative SEOs a real threat?<\/h2>\n
How to Prevent Negative SEO Attacks<\/h2>\n
1.Set up Google Webmaster Tools Email Notifications<\/h3>\n
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2.Keep track of your Backlinks Profile<\/h2>\n
3.Protect your best backlinks<\/h3>\n
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4. Protect your website from hackers and malware<\/h3>\n
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5.Monitor for Duplicate Content<\/h3>\n
6. Monitor Your Social Media Comments<\/h3>\n
7.You can monitor the speed of your website<\/h3>\n
8.Do not be a victim of your own SEO strategies<\/h3>\n
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9.Don\u2019t Make Enemies Online<\/h3>\n
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How to combat negative SEO against your website<\/h2>\n
1. Make a list with the backlinks you should remove<\/h3>\n
2. Remove Bad Links<\/h3>\n
3. Create a List<\/h3>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
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NEWSUNSEO – Myrtle Beach SEO Company<\/h2>\n