Spam links are artificial, low-quality, or manipulative links. Google states that internal and external links should be natural, so artificial link-building used only to improve rankings should be avoided because it may lead to a penalty. Spam links can also come from a competitor's negative SEO campaign. Webmasters should identify them, prepare a disavow file, and submit the relevant links through Google Search Console.
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