Google Says It Does Not Penalize For Old Outbound Links That Begin To Host Shady Content

by Admin | September 01, 2026

Google Says It Does Not Penalize For Old Outbound Links That Begin To Host Shady Content

Google Says It Does Not Penalize For Old Outbound Links That Begin To Host Shady Content

Google says websites will not be penalized simply because an old outbound link now points to a domain hosting shady content. John Mueller explained that Google generally handles this kind of “link cruft” without demoting the linking site, although regularly reviewing old links is still good practice.

Resourse: Search Engine Roundtable

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