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I have a client site with many users. One of the users account got hacked and 10+ spammy posts were posted under their name. It was only 1 month later that we discovered the spammy posts. Not only where the posts created, but spammy links were also built pointing at them!
For example: clientsite.com/xanax was created and started getting links with anchor text "xanax" from a mix of spammy sites OR other hacked sites.
We already deleted the spammy posts that were created. So all the spammy links are going to the 404 page. The 404 page is custom built and it actually has a link to the homepage. It's not just blank page that says 404.
So the mixed spammy + hacked sites are not pointing to the 404 page and I am thinking that is hurting the website rankings, especially since the rankings dropped a few weeks after those links were posted. There was no announced update during that period.
I already prepared a disavow file but I haven't submitted it.
I am sure Google will figure out and clean out the spammy urls/domains, but I am not so sure about the hacked sites with spam posts pointing back to us. So these links might keep poitning to the 404 page with anchors like xanax and viagra. Hence, why I thought about disavowing.
What would you do?
1) Submit a disavow file
2) Don't submit a disavow file and wait
3) Don't submit a disavow file and ramp up link building to dilute the crap ones
For example: clientsite.com/xanax was created and started getting links with anchor text "xanax" from a mix of spammy sites OR other hacked sites.
We already deleted the spammy posts that were created. So all the spammy links are going to the 404 page. The 404 page is custom built and it actually has a link to the homepage. It's not just blank page that says 404.
So the mixed spammy + hacked sites are not pointing to the 404 page and I am thinking that is hurting the website rankings, especially since the rankings dropped a few weeks after those links were posted. There was no announced update during that period.
I already prepared a disavow file but I haven't submitted it.
I am sure Google will figure out and clean out the spammy urls/domains, but I am not so sure about the hacked sites with spam posts pointing back to us. So these links might keep poitning to the 404 page with anchors like xanax and viagra. Hence, why I thought about disavowing.
What would you do?
1) Submit a disavow file
2) Don't submit a disavow file and wait
3) Don't submit a disavow file and ramp up link building to dilute the crap ones