How to Handle Negative SEO from Competitor Links
Learn how to detect, audit, remove, and disavow spammy competitor links, plus proactive steps to prevent negative SEO and protect rankings.
Ian Naylor
What I Do:
⭐ I help online businesses boost their SEO with high quality relevant backlinks. - Elevate your website's SEO by connecting with quality domains. Start your journey towards achieving peak online visibility today with 3way.Social
⭐ I help online businesses boost their website conversions, using CRO techniques to perform AI aided content testing - Test headlines, CTA's, button text and more, with user engagement improvement the focus of the AI success engine - with PageTest.AI
⭐ I help B2C small businesses engage with there customers, with there own mobile app. - Build your business a mobile app code free using AppInstitute
⭐ I help B2B Sales and Marketing teams double outreach engagement, using Hyper-Personalization with Hyperise
I have worked the world over during the last 20 years, starting and running various internet and technology businesses.
In my spare time I make stuff, from soapboxes, to buildings, the occasional cake and a roast most Sundays!
What Is Algorithmic Link Quality Scoring?
AI-driven link scoring: how search engines rate backlinks by authority, relevance, placement and trust to guide safer, high-quality link building.
Unnatural Links: How to Stay Penalty-Free
Audit your backlinks, remove or disavow toxic links, and learn how to build a diverse, compliant link profile to avoid Google penalties.
Unnatural Links vs Ethical Links: Key Differences
Compare manipulative unnatural backlinks with ethical, earned links - tactics, risks, and long-term SEO impact.
AI vs Manual Link Building: Pros and Cons
A hybrid link-building strategy wins: AI scales outreach and cuts costs, while manual outreach preserves quality, relevance, and long-term SEO trust.
How Content Quality Impacts Domain Authority
Well-researched, user-focused content attracts authoritative backlinks and, combined with ethical link building, raises Domain Authority over time.
Guest Posting for SEO: Best Practices 2026
Guest posting in 2026 prioritizes niche relevance and E‑E‑A‑T: one high-quality, data-backed placement with natural links beats mass link farms.
Anchor Text Diversity: Why It Matters
Use a balanced mix of branded, generic, partial-match and exact anchors to avoid penalties, boost rankings, and widen keyword visibility.
Anchor Text Ratios: What Competitors Reveal
How top competitors balance branded, exact, partial and generic anchors, why excess exact-match anchors hurt rankings, and how audits or tools keep link profiles natural.
Do Forum Backlinks Help SEO?
Most forum backlinks don’t pass direct ranking power, but they drive targeted referral traffic, boost brand visibility, and strengthen E‑E‑A‑T when used authentically.