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adorable on June 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Negative SEO: Looking for Answers from Google

How can Google detect if a spammy link has been created by the site's owner or by a competitor?

I don't see any way to detect that - apart from asking webmasters to report spammy backlinks. But that really isn't sustainable.

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