Do spam backlinks - low reputation links - still work today?

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I, unfortunately, have someone harassing me through repeated publishing of an online article. Someone is just repeating the same article on different domains, over and over again. It's tied to my legal name, but there's not enough information on the article to submit a google report/legal claim that results in google taking it down appropriately, due to policy violation(s).

I'm trying to find a creative solution to address the problem; I've thought about spam backlinking for these articles, just to push down the results on google.
Does this still work in 2026? Otherwise, what are my options here? It doesn't appear google is going to be any help without a lawyer, and legal process sent to their headquarters.
 
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before trying negative SEO i'd check whether the pages are actually ranking for your name. if they are building strong legitimate pages around your own name may be a safer way to push them down.
 
Yes, they are ranking for my name and appear on the first page. It looks like someone is doing white hat SEO on them, so it will be difficult to compete with them.
 
if theyre already ranking with proper SEO i wouldnt bet on spam links hurting them

for a name search id think more about owning as much of page 1 as possible. personal site, linkedin, socials, profiles, interviews etc. one page probably wont push them out but 5-6 different strong properties can change the whole serp
 
Thanks, but this is targeted harassment & smearing. There has to be a way to deindex my legal name from them, or apply backlinking techniques that result in a penalty from google, and that's what I'm looking for. I will build positive SEO in addition, but there has to be something I can do here besides getting a court order.
 
thestrokes1313 said:
I, unfortunately, have someone harassing me through repeated publishing of an online article. Someone is just repeating the same article on different domains, over and over again. It's tied to my legal name, but there's not enough information on the article to submit a google report/legal claim that results in google taking it down appropriately, due to policy violation(s).

I'm trying to find a creative solution to address the problem; I've thought about spam backlinking for these articles, just to push down the results on google.
Does this still work in 2026? Otherwise, what are my options here? It doesn't appear google is going to be any help without a lawyer, and legal process sent to their headquarters.
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It works, but the quantity must be sufficient for search engine systems to take notice.
 
i wouldnt go heavy with spam links here because theres a good chance google just ignores them and u end up spending time without getting the result u want. reputation management is usually more about controlling what can rank than trying to attack the pages directly. create several legitimate properties around the name and make them genuinely useful, then work on getting those indexed and ranking. things like linkedin, relevant social profiles, author pages, business profiles and independent content can help create more positive results. keep records of every duplicate too. if the person keeps republishing the exact same article across domains, that pattern itself could be useful when reporting or discussing the situation with a lawyer.
 
DojaCat said:
i wouldnt go heavy with spam links here because theres a good chance google just ignores them and u end up spending time without getting the result u want. reputation management is usually more about controlling what can rank than trying to attack the pages directly. create several legitimate properties around the name and make them genuinely useful, then work on getting those indexed and ranking. things like linkedin, relevant social profiles, author pages, business profiles and independent content can help create more positive results. keep records of every duplicate too. if the person keeps republishing the exact same article across domains, that pattern itself could be useful when reporting or discussing the situation with a lawyer.
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You're talking about a long and arduous process between google and a legal representative, though. I rather give it a try if there's any chance, as this is hurting my background and reputation pretty severely. Unless there's reputation management thats relatively successful at getting goole to deindex someones legal name across the same article, published across five separate domains.

Someone has also been 404'ing some of the positive stuff out there attached to my legal name.
 
Spam backlinks may worsen the situation; document every copy, contact hosts and registrars, request deindexing, and build authoritative profiles around your name.
 
i'd focus on getting the duplicate pages removed instead. keep a list of every URL and report them individually where possible.
 
I would not go with spam backlinks here. Even if they move the results temporarily it can create another mess to clean up. For reputation issues, building strong pages you control and getting legitimate mentions/links to them is a much safer approach
 
thestrokes1313 said:
I, unfortunately, have someone harassing me through repeated publishing of an online article. Someone is just repeating the same article on different domains, over and over again. It's tied to my legal name, but there's not enough information on the article to submit a google report/legal claim that results in google taking it down appropriately, due to policy violation(s).

I'm trying to find a creative solution to address the problem; I've thought about spam backlinking for these articles, just to push down the results on google.
Does this still work in 2026? Otherwise, what are my options here? It doesn't appear google is going to be any help without a lawyer, and legal process sent to their headquarters.
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Spam link is a gamble, to be honest. firstly, take care of your quality page nd write down all newly created copies
 
I wouldn't bother with spammy backlinks, Google usually ignores that stuff , so it won't really push the scraper pages down. If they're copying your exact content, I'd try the host's abuse or DMCA process first. For anything that stays indexed, build up your real profiles on LinkedIn, GitHub and your own site. Those can gradually push the scraper pages lower, but it may take a while
 
thestrokes1313 said:
I, unfortunately, have someone harassing me through repeated publishing of an online article. Someone is just repeating the same article on different domains, over and over again. It's tied to my legal name, but there's not enough information on the article to submit a google report/legal claim that results in google taking it down appropriately, due to policy violation(s).

I'm trying to find a creative solution to address the problem; I've thought about spam backlinking for these articles, just to push down the results on google.
Does this still work in 2026? Otherwise, what are my options here? It doesn't appear google is going to be any help without a lawyer, and legal process sent to their headquarters.
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You can try some of the Google deindexing services in the marketplace here, or you can play the harassers at their own game - flood the SERPs with positive information about yourself. You can do this with free/cheap parasites, or have a chat with an ORM service and see what they can do for you.
 
Steptoe said:
You can try some of the https://www.blackhatworld.com/search/43531026/?t=post&q=google+deindex&c[child_nodes]=1&c[nodes][0]=73&o=relevance in the marketplace here, or you can play the harassers at their own game - flood the SERPs with positive information about yourself. You can do this with free/cheap parasites, or have a chat with an ORM service and see what they can do for you.
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I appreciate the info. Can you tell me more about the free/cheap parasites that actually rank, or are the most effective?
 
For this situation, the more sustainable route is to document every duplicate URL, contact the publishers/hosts for removal, and use Google’s personal-information/legal-removal processes where the specific criteria apply
 
thestrokes1313 said:
I, unfortunately, have someone harassing me through repeated publishing of an online article. Someone is just repeating the same article on different domains, over and over again. It's tied to my legal name, but there's not enough information on the article to submit a google report/legal claim that results in google taking it down appropriately, due to policy violation(s).

I'm trying to find a creative solution to address the problem; I've thought about spam backlinking for these articles, just to push down the results on google.
Does this still work in 2026? Otherwise, what are my options here? It doesn't appear google is going to be any help without a lawyer, and legal process sent to their headquarters.
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Google can simply ignore those links rather than pushing the target URLs down. If unwanted links point to your own site, you can also consider Disavow where appropriate. For these articles, SERP suppression with legitimate content is a better approach.
 
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