– Today’s topic: What Is Negative SEO?

– Negative SEO is when someone pushes your SEO down 00:43 – A good example of this is when someone builds porn or casino links to your site 00:56 – It becomes negative SEO when you begin to rank lower 01:03 – Negative SEO is when Google starts to filter you 01:13 – Eric thinks of SEO as an over-optimization cup 01:21 – Each size has a different cup size 01:23 – Big sites like Amazon have bigger cups and more room for errors 01:57 – Once you hit your cup limit, that’s when Google starts to hit you with penalties 02:37 – Neil sees this happening in the aggressive industries 02:46 – Some people are taking websites that have spammy links and they link them to their website 03:00 – Google is improving their algorithm to fight negative SEO 03:11 – Make sure you continue to update your disavow file with Google Webmaster Tool

– Eric doesn’t worry about negative SEO as much as he did before 04:03 – The Marketing School is giving away 5 annual copies of Ahrefs this week 04:10 – To enter, subscribe, rate and review the Marketing School Podcast

– Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444 05:14 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Negative SEO pushes your ranking down—beware of people who links with negative content to your site. Consistently track and update your disavow file— this will help a lot. In the end, don’t worry too much about negative SEO as there is only so much you can do. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.