A competitor blasted 200,000 spam links at them. Rankings didn't move.
The myth: negative SEO will tank you, so you must disavow fast.
A legal-services site watched 207,000 backlinks appear in six weeks — Cyrillic anchors, pharma, casino. Classic attack. The owner panicked. Their consultant did nothing but document it.
Ninety days later: head terms still ranked positions 2-4, the same as before the attack. No manual action, no traffic dip.
Actually, Google said the quiet part years ago — the systems are built to discount this volume of obvious garbage automatically, precisely because attacks like this exist. The links never counted, so they never hurt.
The one thing the consultant did do: kept screenshots in case a manual reviewer ever asked.
Reality check: the attack that looks scariest is the easiest for Google to ignore.
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A competitor blasted 200,000 spam links at them. Rankings didn't move.
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