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Originally Posted by garce
Negative SEO? I don't even know what that is.
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That's the problem when discussing things like 'negative seo'.
'Negative seo' is kind of a catch-all phrase for "techniques that harm the SERP position of a site". Some tend to focus on the potential negative effects of certain types of links when discussing the subject when in reality the bag of 'negative seo' tricks is filled with a lot more stuff than simple link spam.
Is it possible to harm a competitor's site? Definitely. A combination of fake dmca notices, joejobs, link spam on boards and blogs you know to be heavily moderated, fake complaints etc can easily harm a site's position or at least make the webmaster's life hell.
Imo, people worry too much about things they can't control such as links pointing to their site. I say: focus on what you can control. Build more sites, diversify, hide who owns your sites, continue your 'positive seo' work as if nothing happened,...