advice How To Check If Domain Used for Scam/Spam in the Past

[Paulot]

Please how to do i check if a domain name has been used for scam/spam before. (free method) thanks

 

[Eric Lyon]

Check how the website was used in the past:

• Archive.org
• Archive.is
• Enter cache:domain.com into Google search.

Check the types of sites linking to the domain:

• Backlink profile at https://ahrefs.com/
  
• Link profile at https://moz.com/link-explorer
• Alexa.com backlinks, keywords, competitors, etc.
  • Example: https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/namepros.com
• Enter inanchor:domain.com into Google search.
• Enter link:domain.com into Google search.

Check what sites have said about your domain:

• Enter intext:domain.com into Google search.

Check what Google thinks/knows about the domain and whether it's banned on Google:

• Enter info:domain.com into Google search.
• If recently developed, enter site:domain.com into Google search to see if any pages are indexed
• If not, you can use a domain parking company to see if the domain shows Google ads or another provider (If not Google ads then it's likely banned). There are also tools for checking if a domain is banned from Google.
• Add the domain to Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmasters Tools): https://search.google.com/search-console

Check spam reports and blacklists:

• MX Toolbox
• UltraTools
• MultiRBL.Valli.org
• DNS Stuff
• DNSBL

Check WHOIS history to see who owned the domain before:

• Whoisology
• Who.is
• DomainTools

Check which websites Google thinks are related to your domain (If they're spammy websites, that's a bad sign):

• Enter related:domain.com into Google search.

Hope that helps,

 

[Abby jace]

Use a Extension name MOZ bar

 

[lock]

I wouldn't let it worry me only one premium name I have has problems that couldn't just be cured. Most problems can be overcome with time new whois etc. I have some black list checkers at traffic.tools.