Spam Score Too High After Site Redesign – Any Fix?

Hi guys,
I’m working on a site called foxscore.com. I checked its spam score on WebsiteSEOChecker, and it shows 56%. From what I know, the site recently had a full redesign last month.
Some extra details:

• Domain age: over 10 years old
• Niche: Sports, football, news, 3D content, etc.

My question is: What’s the best way to reduce the spam score to below 10% or at least below 30%? Also, how long does it usually take to see improvements after making changes?

Thanks in advance for any advice or insights!

kill weak links first. run backlink audit, disavow trash dirs, spammy foreign refs. mix in branded anchors, cut keyword blasts. clean thin dupes from redesign, fix 301 loops, push fresh sitemap. slap trust pages. metrics drop in 1–3 months once bots recrawl.
pull shady links, tighten anchors, noindex junk pages. fix tech bleed, redirect clean. add legit about/contact for trust. don’t chase % too hard, just look natural. usually 30% reachable in weeks, single digit takes steady link detox over months.

I checked foxscore.com on WebsiteSEOChecker and it shows a 56% spam score. What’s the best way to bring that down, and how long does it usually take to see results after making changes?

The others have covered the backlink side of things well, but I think the real clue is in your post: the site redesign.

A 56% spam score right after a redesign almost always points to on-site technical issues, not just a sudden influx of bad links. Before you even start a backlink audit, I would do a full technical crawl of the new site.

Look for things like:

• Broken 301 Redirects: Did all the old pages get redirected properly to the new ones? A ton of links pointing to 404 pages is a huge red flag.
• Thin/Duplicate Content: Did the new design or theme create a massive number of thin category or tag pages?
• Messed up Internal Linking: A poor internal link structure can make a site look low-quality to crawlers.

Often, cleaning up the technical mess from the migration will have a much bigger and faster impact on that score than disavowing a few old links. Fix the on-site foundation first, then worry about the off-site link profile.

Conduct a thorough backlink audit to disavow toxic links and audit your content to remove any low-quality, thin, or duplicated articles. You should expect to see improvements within 1 to 2 months after search engines process the changes, though your aged domain may help speed this up.

kunzcandy said:

I’m working on a site called foxscore.com. I checked its spam score on WebsiteSEOChecker, and it shows 56%. From what I know, the site recently had a full redesign last month.
Some extra details:

• Domain age: over 10 years old
• Niche: Sports, football, news, 3D content, etc.

My question is: What’s the best way to reduce the spam score to below 10% or at least below 30%? Also, how long does it usually take to see improvements after making changes?

Thanks in advance for any advice or insights!

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A 56% spam score is a warning sign but fixable. Focus on removing low-quality backlinks, disavow toxic domains via Google Search Console, and avoid keyword stuffing or duplicate content. Improve E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trust). Fix any technical SEO issues. You may start seeing improvements within 1–3 months, depending on how fast Google re-crawls and re-evaluates your site