Negative SEO Analysis – E-commerce (Shopify)

We operate a competitive e-commerce store built on Shopify.

We are dealing with a suspected negative SEO attack, including:

• cloned / scraped e-commerce websites,
• spam and toxic backlinks,
• links targeting specific category / collection pages.

We are looking for an experienced specialist who can:

• analyze how this type of negative SEO is typically executed,
• explain the technical and SEO pattern behind it,
• identify common weaknesses attackers exploit in e-commerce sites,
• suggest practical next steps and response options.

This is not a generic SEO audit or link building task.

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Requirements

• Proven experience with negative SEO or link spam cases
• Understanding of:
• cloned / scraped websites
• toxic backlink patterns
• Google core updates impact on such attacks
• Solid e-commerce SEO background (Shopify experience is a strong plus)
• Practical, real-world approach (not theory-only SEO)

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To apply, please answer briefly

1. Have you worked with negative SEO involving cloned or scraped sites?

2. Why does Google sometimes temporarily react to this type of attack?

3. What would you analyze first in a situation like this?

Applications without answers will be ignored.

Budget: Final scope and budget will be discussed.