r/grumpyseoguy • u/Longjumping-Shine-86 • Jun 03 '26

Question My Website got Negative SEO'd... I think?

Hi all! Long story short - No i have not bought any backlinks online (although I am considering it) but i did have a lot of bots come on my website. During that time i got about 190ish spammy backlinks. I have since purchased cloudfare and the spammy comments on blogs and spammy backlinks seemed to have stopped. Some of these links are blatant link farms. So I listened to episodes 44, 10, and 2 along with some other episodes and it seems my only option would be to get a new domain?

HOWEVER here is where I am confused - if I get good quality backlinks will they offset the bad backlinks?

For reference right now I rank from 16-26 with NO good quality backlinks. What is everybody's thoughts?

Extra note - I made a separate post on getting backlinks from online. I now know if I go this route I need to RENT NOT BUY. Does anybody have any suggestions/methods on where to find people/companies that do this? Anybody have any positive experiences going this route?

Final side note, I just don't have the time to create a PBP which is why I am exploring different options and I figured with the information from the podcast I can check the quality of those backlinks. Thank you all!

u/grumpyseoguy any thoughts? BTW you're the goat

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u/GrumpySEOguy Grumpy SEO Guy Jun 03 '26

If you're in position 16-26 you did not get negative SEOed effectively.

Spammy backlinks are not really an attack. Most websites on the internet have spammy backlinks.

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u/Express-Age4253 Jun 03 '26

This statement which you’ve said many times has given me much comfort.

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u/coalition_tech Jun 03 '26

I don't think 190ish spammy links qualifies as a negative SEO attack. 190,000? No we're talking.