Is negative local SEO possible?

dekadent30

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• Apr 9, 2024

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If somebody would spam my company name, address and phone (NAP) to thousands of blog comments - can it harm my GMB ranking in local results?

 

NeedMyLink

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• Apr 11, 2024

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Deluge of low-quality links with your exact NAP could potentially confuse the algorithm or trigger a manual review.

 

lbhbochc

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• Apr 11, 2024

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Yes we've knocked people out of the map pack before. There are lots of ways to do negative SEO.

 

PHPInjected

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• Apr 11, 2024

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We don’t discuss negative seo here on the forum as these type of threads morph into instruction manuals.

Therefore, thread locked.