# Toxic Backlinks

> Low-quality or spammy links that can harm your search rankings.

Source: https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/toxic-backlinks

Toxic backlinks are links from low-quality, spammy, or irrelevant websites that can negatively impact your SEO. They may be the result of negative SEO attacks, poor link building practices, or link schemes.

## Example

Links from PBNs (private blog networks), link farms, adult sites, gambling sites (if unrelated), and sites with malware.

## How to apply it

Regularly audit your backlink profile, identify toxic links using SEO tools, try to get them removed via outreach, and disavow as a last resort.

> **Pro tip:** Don't panic about every low-quality link. Google usually ignores them. Only disavow if you have a manual penalty or obvious negative SEO attack.