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How to Check Spam Score in Semrush

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Monitoring your website's spam score is crucial for maintaining healthy SEO performance and avoiding potential Google penalties. A high spam score can indicate toxic backlinks that may harm your search rankings.

This tutorial will walk you through Semrush's Backlink Audit feature to check spam scores for any domain. You'll learn how to set up the audit and interpret the toxicity metrics that Semrush provides.

Here's how to check spam score in Semrush

  1. Navigate to the Backlink Audit tool in Semrush's left navigation menu.
  2. Click to create a new project for your backlink analysis.
  3. Input the domain name that you want to analyze for spam score.
  4. Choose 'Root domain' as your campaign source option.
  5. Review the Overall Toxicity score which represents the domain's spam score, including toxic and potentially toxic percentages.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Generally, a toxicity score below 30% is considered healthy, while scores above 45% indicate potential spam issues. Semrush categorizes backlinks as toxic, potentially toxic, or non-toxic based on various quality factors.