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Free website spam score checker. Detect how spammy any domain is using Moz's spam score metric. Essential for backlink audits, link building, and domain purchases.

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Website Spam Score Checker — Free Domain Spam Analysis

The website spam score (0–100%) developed by Moz flags domains likely to have been penalized by Google based on correlations with link spam patterns. Use our free spam score domain checker to audit your backlink profile and protect your SEO from toxic links.

Whether you're analyzing your own site, auditing a client's domain, or researching competitors — our tool delivers instant, Moz-powered results with no account required for the first 10 checks.

Key Facts & Features

  • Spam Score below 10% = Low risk (most healthy websites)
  • Spam Score 10–30% = Moderate — review backlinks for toxic links
  • Spam Score above 30% = High risk — conduct a full backlink audit
  • Essential before buying expired domains or accepting link partners
  • Use alongside Moz DA to distinguish real authority from artificial link schemes
  • Complements the majestic backlink checker and SE ranking backlink checker workflows
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Frequently Asked Questions

Spam Score is a Moz metric (0–100%) that predicts how likely a domain is to be penalized by Google based on 27 spam flag correlations. A high spam score doesn't guarantee a penalty but signals potential risk.
Moz considers scores above 30% high risk. Scores 10–30% warrant monitoring. Scores below 10% are generally safe. Always evaluate spam score alongside DA and the quality of actual backlinks.
Use Google's Disavow Tool to disavow toxic backlink domains, earn more high-quality dofollow backlinks from authoritative sites, remove spammy links where possible, and ensure your on-site content quality is high.
Not always directly. Spam score correlates with Google penalties, not causes them. However, if your backlinks mirror patterns of penalized sites, your risk of a manual or algorithmic penalty is elevated.
Only disavow links if you believe they are genuinely toxic. Indiscriminate disavowing can harm your link profile. Focus on patterns — large numbers of low-quality, irrelevant, or suspicious-anchor links are the real concern.
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