Negative SEO recovery with a careful clean-up
If someone is pointing spam at your site, copying your content or hacking it, we work out what is happening and what needs a response.
In plain English.
Negative SEO is any attempt by someone else to harm your rankings. The classic form is pointing thousands of spammy links at your site. Others include scraping and republishing your content, posting fake reviews, and hacking a site to add hidden spam pages or redirects.
Google says its systems ignore most spammy links automatically, and that most sites never need to disavow anything. So the first job is to work out whether there is a real problem. Plenty of drops blamed on negative SEO turn out to have other causes, such as an algorithm update or a technical fault.
Where there is a real issue, we deal with it: a targeted disavow file for links that look like a link scheme, DMCA takedown requests for copied content, security clean-up for hacked pages, and monitoring so you hear about new attacks early.
It suits you if.
- Backlink tools show a sudden flood of links from spam sites
- Your content has been copied onto other domains
- Search results show pages on your site you did not create
- You received an email threatening negative SEO unless you pay
- A previous agency left you a disavow file nobody understands
What we do.
Cause check
We confirm whether rankings really dropped because of an attack, ruling out updates, migrations and technical faults.
Link review
New links examined by hand for patterns, anchor text and source, with tools used to gather data and people making the judgement.
Disavow file management
A disavow file built at domain level where sensible, documented and kept up to date, with old entries reviewed.
Scraped content takedowns
DMCA notices to hosts and Google for copied pages that outrank or confuse your originals.
Hacked page clean-up
Injected spam pages, cloaked redirects and Japanese keyword hacks removed, with the security hole closed.
Ongoing link alerts
Monitoring so sudden spikes in new links are spotted and assessed promptly.
How it runs.
- 01
Check it is real
We look for the true cause of any drop before treating it as an attack.
- 02
Gather the evidence
Links, copied pages or injected content are collected and documented.
- 03
Respond in proportion
Only what needs action gets it, whether that is a disavow, a takedown or a security fix.
- 04
Keep watch
New links and indexed pages are monitored so future problems are caught early.
Questions people ask.
Should I disavow every spammy link?
No. Google ignores most of them, and an over-eager disavow can throw away links that were helping you. We disavow only where there is a clear pattern that could look like a link scheme, or where a manual action is involved.
Someone is threatening to attack my site unless I pay. What should I do?
Do not pay. Keep the email, report it to the police, and let us check your link profile and security. Most of these threats come to nothing, and Google is good at ignoring cheap spam links. We set up monitoring so you will know if anything changes.
Can you find out who did it?
Usually not, and it rarely helps. Link spam is cheap and anonymous. We focus on limiting the damage and protecting the site, and we keep records of everything in case you want to take legal advice later.
How much does negative SEO recovery cost?
A fixed project price for the investigation and clean-up, with optional monthly monitoring after. We confirm the price once the free call has shown us what we are dealing with, and it does not change afterwards.
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