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Proximity of a link next to a spam link, influence?

         

SelenaQuintanilla

5:36 pm on Nov 21, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Hello Webmaster World friends !

What is the SEO influence of having a link from your site next to a Spam link?
In the case specifically where a comment is posted on a blog with a link to my site in the form or body of the comment and the last comment is automatic spam.
And of course all the comment links are nofollow...
Thanks in advance!

martinibuster

7:13 pm on Nov 21, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Nofollow comment links don't work or matter, so nothing to worry about.

aristotle

10:54 pm on Nov 21, 2022 (gmt 0)

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The only possible positive benefit would be if the link sends some traffic to your site. Otherwise it would have no effect.

Sgt_Kickaxe

11:30 pm on Nov 21, 2022 (gmt 0)



Nofollow comment links don't work or matter, so nothing to worry about.
Since 2019 Nofollow is just a hint.
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As for the specific scenario you mention, what should concern you isn't proximity to a spammy link, it's that there are spammy links on the page at all, especially if they are on every page.

Remember, if a link, internal or external, doesn't directly help serve the intent of the visitor reading the page, and it isn't navigational, it is probably ignored with or without nofollow. The more ignored links you have, internal or external, the spammier your site begins to look.

Ignored doesn't mean forgotten, make them count.

SelenaQuintanilla

2:45 pm on Nov 22, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Thank all for your precious feedback!
Sergeant you meant if there is just one spamy link it "kill" the page and the juice?

not2easy

3:33 pm on Nov 22, 2022 (gmt 0)

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The links being discussed are in UGC comments, not articles or content. So no-follow or not, they have no SEO value.

martinibuster

7:12 pm on Nov 23, 2022 (gmt 0)

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So no-follow or not, they have no SEO value.


Precisely.