Hello,
I've fallen down the rabbit-hole of analyzing back links from referring domains via ahrefs. I'm discovering a ton of sites where frankly, I'm afraid to click on because their URLs and back links look suspicious that I'm afraid I'll get a virus.
A few questions...
How can I determine if these are indeed spammy? My website is a US based e-commerce site. A lot of these sites are in a different language, the fact that the content on those links seems completely irrelevant to the back linked website itself raises a red flag for me.
Some of the URLs I click on redirect to a 000webhost site, others seem to redirect several times, in fact one even opened a download file box which I quickly closed. Here are a few examples of the links or domains:
doqogyci.host56.com/pcl-tear-of-knee.php
ilafiby.site11.com/how-are-braces-made.php
hetigy.comlu.com/ice-machine-for-replaced-knees.php
seocourt.com
timeseduction.gr/el/?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=197440
We don't have any manual actions in Google but should I be cleaning up these back links actively? Is the best way to contact them first? What if I can't find a contact? Do I need to disavow?
Thanks!
