Quick summary
The Backlink Audit tool in SEMrush lets you check a domain's spam score by measuring its Overall Toxicity — revealing the percentage of toxic and potentially toxic backlinks pointing to any site. Setting up a project takes just minutes and gives you actionable data to protect or improve your site's search rankings.
Steps
- Navigate to Backlink Audit in the left sidebar of your SEMrush dashboard.
- Create a project and enter the domain whose spam score you want to check.
- Select Root domain as the campaign source for your audit.
- Review the Spam Score listed as the Overall Toxicity score, including the breakdown of toxic and potentially toxic percentages.
