{"id":957,"date":"2026-04-16T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/?p=957"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:30:54","slug":"avoid-spam-domains-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issues with domain marketplace purchases are more frequent than buyers anticipate and the cause is rarely the price. It is the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buying a domain from a reseller or auction site is not starting with a blank slate. You are inheriting whatever the previous owner exercised <\/span><a href=\"\/avoid-spam-domains\/\">domain<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whether it be spam, black-hat link building, or phishing pages that run for years before the domain is listed for sale. This is a practical guide to the hidden problems to uncover before your transfer is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#What_Makes_a_Domain_%E2%80%9CSpammy%E2%80%9D_in_the_First_Place\" >What Makes a Domain &#8220;Spammy&#8221; in the First Place<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Check_the_Domains_Browsing_History_First\" >Check the Domain&#8217;s Browsing History First<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Run_a_Spam_Score_Check_Before_You_Contact_the_Seller\" >Run a Spam Score Check Before You Contact the Seller<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Tools_Table\" >Tools Table<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Dig_Into_the_Backlink_Anchor_Text\" >Dig Into the Backlink Anchor Text<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Cross-Check_Against_Blacklists_and_Security_Databases\" >Cross-Check Against Blacklists and Security Databases<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Red_Flags_That_Should_Stop_the_Purchase_Entirely\" >Red Flags That Should Stop the Purchase Entirely<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Marketplace_Considerations\" >Marketplace Considerations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#When_a_Deal_Looks_Right_but_the_History_Looks_Questionable\" >When a Deal Looks Right but the History Looks Questionable<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#What_do_I_do_to_determine_whether_a_domain_is_blacklisted\" >What do I do to determine whether a domain is blacklisted?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Should_I_avoid_a_domain_with_a_high_Moz_Spam_Score\" >Should I avoid a domain with a high Moz Spam Score?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Once_a_domain_is_bought_can_you_recover_the_spam_domain\" >Once a domain is bought, can you recover the spam domain?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#Is_it_safe_to_buy_from_a_domain_marketplace_if_I_perform_certain_checks\" >Is it safe to buy from a domain marketplace if I perform certain checks?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#What_do_domain_professionals_use_to_check_domains\" >What do domain professionals use to check domains?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#References\" >References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_a_Domain_%E2%80%9CSpammy%E2%80%9D_in_the_First_Place\"><\/span><b>What Makes a Domain &#8220;Spammy&#8221; in the First Place<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time contributes to spam label signals instead of a domain arriving pre-labeled spam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A domain&#8217;s previous owners may have abused the domain to send out unsolicited emails at scale, host thin affiliate content to manipulate rankings via predatory links, or run link schemes to hundreds of unrelated sites with low-quality backlinks. All of this is not reflected in any listings. You have to look for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most obvious impact of purchasing a poisoned domain is the search engines&#8217; perception before your first page is even live. Inherited penalties are time-consuming to recover from, and there are no guarantees that you even get to where you want to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_the_Domains_Browsing_History_First\"><\/span><b>Check the Domain&#8217;s Browsing History First<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The starting point has to be the Wayback Machine at archive.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can search for a domain and see archived snapshots for a period of time and across different years. Not a domain to be picked if it&#8217;s a travel blog that&#8217;s a genuine domain registered in 2020 and then became a pharmaceutical doorway page, then sat listed and dormant. We&#8217;re looking for the content shifts. Look for the big layout changes, too, and in the content domain, big ad placements and a lot of parked pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing and decreasing content in archive snapshots is important info. It&#8217;s a domain registered for seven years and has no crawl history, so no crawls and that domain probably has a lot of suppression and manipulation, so look for that absence of presence because that&#8217;s a flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Run_a_Spam_Score_Check_Before_You_Contact_the_Seller\"><\/span><b>Run a Spam Score Check Before You Contact the Seller<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of each of these platforms, one of the things that they will tell you is whether they assign a score (in the case of Moz, they call it a Spam Score) to measure whether a domain is spammy or toxic. So, it is best to run all three tools, rather than one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/help\/link-explorer\/link-building\/spam-score\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scores under 10% are deemed acceptable (upper thresholds of 30% or greater typically mean that you need to assess the backlinks one by one, and not just the collective backlinks). Similar is the case with SEMrush\u2019s Toxicity Score, which aims to aggregate the quality signals for the referring domains and tries to come up with an aggregate single risk score.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before diving into anchor text, it helps to know which tool is doing what. Each service in the table below covers a different layer of risk, and none of them overlap enough to make the others redundant.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tools_Table\"><\/span><strong>Tools Table<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Tool<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>What It Checks<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Risk Threshold to Watch<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Moz Link Explorer<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spam Score based on backlink quality signals<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Above 30% warrants a closer look at individual referring domains<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Ahrefs \/ SEMrush<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlink toxicity, anchor text distribution, link velocity spikes<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exact-match commercial anchors exceeding 25% of total profile<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Wayback Machine<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical website content across archived snapshots<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abrupt topic shifts or gaps of several years with no crawl activity<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>MXToolbox<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email blacklists and IP-based sender reputation databases<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any active listing across 100+ blacklist sources<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Google Transparency Report<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malware, phishing flags, and deceptive content history<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any flag, regardless of how old, warrants a direct follow-up<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Sucuri SiteCheck<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active infections, threat signatures, and security scanner feeds<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known threat signatures or recent malware detections<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No single tool in this list tells the full story on its own. Running Moz alone tells you about link quality. Running MXToolbox alone tells you about email reputation. The picture only becomes reliable when the results from all six point in the same direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dig_Into_the_Backlink_Anchor_Text\"><\/span><b>Dig Into the Backlink Anchor Text<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributing anchor text looks poor from a spam perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An untainted domain possesses a backlink structure that mirrors the way people normally cite sources: brand mentions, plain URLs, some funneling phrases, and here and there, a topic-related descriptor. A domain suspected of having a spam backlink profile will be noticeably different. Anchors texted commercial keywords that match exactly and are in a quantity no rational backlinking activity would account for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a domain\u2019s anchor text surpasses widely accepted limits of spam, in the odd case that domain is reputable, and targets exact match keywords of a transactional nature that bear no relation to what the domain represents, that is not ambiguous. It is a documented example of malfeasance. It doesn\u2019t matter whether it was done by the current owner, the previous one, or if they monetarily lost access.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cross-Check_Against_Blacklists_and_Security_Databases\"><\/span><b>Cross-Check Against Blacklists and Security Databases<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spam score tools consider SEO risk. Blacklist tools consider something entirely different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three services we&#8217;re focusing on are Google\u2019s Transparency Report, Sucuri SiteCheck, and MXToolbox; all three have completely different purposes. Google\u2019s report identifies domains associated with malware or deceptive practices. Sucuri reports whether an active infection is present, as well as whether there are known threat signatures. MXToolbox combines more than a hundred different email and IP blacklists to determine if the domain\u2019s reputation as the sender (due to bulk emails) has been compromised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use all three. While a domain may be clean from an SEO perspective, it may still be on a spam blacklist due to a campaign that ended three years ago. This scenario is more likely than most potential buyers think, especially for domain marketplace listings, and is particularly important for any company that relies on transactional email.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Red_Flags_That_Should_Stop_the_Purchase_Entirely\"><\/span><b>Red Flags That Should Stop the Purchase Entirely<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some concerns warrant further investigation. Some justify avoidance without further negotiations. Understanding the distinction is critical.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical archives showing abrupt changes in content direction. A domain that suddenly transitioned from a legitimate niche to gambling, pharmaceuticals, or adult content earns a negative prejudice that even the most extreme SEO remediation may not be able to fix. In this case, the pivot is the signal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any active entry in MXToolbox blacklist. Not historical and resolved, but an active flag. If the domain is still registered in your email or IP blacklists at the time of your review, that damage to the sending reputation is a reality, not a conjecture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-year gaps in a domain\u2019s archive. An aged domain registered in 2016 with no archived content from 2018 to 2023, was either intentionally suppressed or significantly manipulated in that time frame.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No viable explanation for a 50+% spam score. There may be an isolated bad cluster of links for some that can be disavowed. A score at this level for a domain coming from many URLs is part of a broad and deep structural issue rather than an isolated one.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marketplace_Considerations\"><\/span><b>Marketplace Considerations<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How domains are sold through <\/span><a href=\"\/avoid-spam-domains\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marketplace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platforms varies wildly. Of primary concern are two elements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment held in escrow. Some platforms hold payment from the buyer until the seller submits proof of completion for the domain transfer. This removes the most common instance of fraud where the seller collects payment and does not perform a domain transfer. Without this feature, the marketplace is not worth considering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain seller verification and listing criteria. Not every site has a good domain seller vetting process. Some may simply list a domain with no seller disputes. Others conduct a reputation check on the seller before the domain is ready for search. Some may not appear much different on the main page, but you may notice this in the site policies or the speed of customer support in responding to queries regarding seller responsibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_a_Deal_Looks_Right_but_the_History_Looks_Questionable\"><\/span><b>When a Deal Looks Right but the History Looks Questionable<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This occurs more often than clean cases do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You come across a domain that fits, dare I say perfectly in length, extension, name, all in context for when you are building. The spam score is on the verge of being acceptable, but the grace is there. The wayback shows one random chapter from like four years ago, and that\u2019s it. There\u2019s not a single spam domain. It entirely depends on what you\u2019re willing to do for the domain in terms of rehabilitation and how sensitive the domain\u2019s intended purpose is for email deliverability. For web projects where email is more of a secondary thing, a spam history is still a factor. For projects where email is the primary purpose, then a domain with a spam history is still an avoidable risk regardless of the name of the domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tools must be trusted. The name can wait.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span><b>Frequently Asked Questions<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What could lead to a domain developing a spam history before it gets put on the market?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The greatest portion of a spam history develops over time rather than getting spammed out in one major event. A domain could have one of its previous owners operating a link selling business for 2-3 years. Once the domain expires it goes to the secondary market with a backlink profile. Listings look normal. Histories do not.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_I_do_to_determine_whether_a_domain_is_blacklisted\"><\/span><b>What do I do to determine whether a domain is blacklisted?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MXToolbox&#8217;s blacklist checker combined with Google Transparency Report with Sucuri SiteCheck is the ideal solution. Between these three methods, you will be able to manage email blacklists, web threat databases, and security scanner feeds. You can\u2019t do these checks individually, and the coverage of each is not comprehensive so some overlap is likely.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_I_avoid_a_domain_with_a_high_Moz_Spam_Score\"><\/span><b>Should I avoid a domain with a high Moz Spam Score?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not with a high degree of certainty. A score above 30% is reason to do some more analysis, and not a reason to automatically exclude that score. Some reasons for concern are in a domain\u2019s profile; for example, spam anchor text, links to blacklisted ref domains, or links acquired in large quantities over a short period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Once_a_domain_is_bought_can_you_recover_the_spam_domain\"><\/span><b>Once a domain is bought, can you recover the spam domain?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can happen, but the time it will take is a large unpredictive portion. Toxicity on backlinks can be addressed using Google\u2019s Disavow Tool, and most registries permit requests to remove domains from blacklists. The hardest task is rebuilding trust with the search engine which will happen faster than most buyers are expecting, but will take a lot longer than most buyers. It is not guaranteed to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_safe_to_buy_from_a_domain_marketplace_if_I_perform_certain_checks\"><\/span><b>Is it safe to buy from a domain marketplace if I perform certain checks?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, as long as you conduct checks that include an escrow service and some basic listing criteria that the marketplace itself defines. The marketplace itself is safe and neutral. The largest risk is posed by the domain\u2019s past owners, which is where thorough checks will help mitigate the risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_domain_professionals_use_to_check_domains\"><\/span><b>What do domain professionals use to check domains?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most professionals check a combination of various sources, such as backlink checkers Ahrefs or SEMrush, a Malware check by Moz (Spam Score), the Wayback Machine (for viewing the content history and previous owners of a site), and WHOIS (for finding the ownership records), and MXToolbox to check if a domain has been blacklisted. Using all five checks is the main differentiator between being cautious about a domain purchase and leaving it all to guesswork.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References\"><\/span><b>References<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Transparency Report, Google Safety Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moz, Spam Score: Moz&#8217;s Link-Based Spam Detection Metric<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahrefs, Backlink Analysis Documentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MXToolbox, Email Blacklist Check<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet Archive, Wayback Machine (archive.org)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domcop, How To Check Domain History (2026 Guide)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BoldDomains, How to Check Domain History Before Buying (2026)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issues with domain marketplace purchases are more frequent than buyers anticipate and the cause is rarely the price. It is the past. Buying a domain from a reseller or auction site is not starting with a blank slate. You are inheriting whatever the previous owner exercised domain, whether it be spam, black-hat link building, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"553","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains &#8211; MostDomain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MostDomain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mostdomain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1260\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"709\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexander Albert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mostdomainofc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mostdomainofc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexander Albert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alexander Albert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc8bbaca058990d2f58e9ff28d468c30\"},\"headline\":\"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1960,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Website\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/\",\"name\":\"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains &#8211; MostDomain\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":709,\"caption\":\"Mostdomain How to Avoid Spam Domains When Buying from a Domain Marketplace (rev)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"MostDomain\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MostDomain\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-Logo-Final_Compact-H-Green-White.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Mostdomain-Logo-Final_Compact-H-Green-White.png\",\"width\":1573,\"height\":550,\"caption\":\"MostDomain\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/mostdomain\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mostdomainofc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/mostdomain\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc8bbaca058990d2f58e9ff28d468c30\",\"name\":\"Alexander Albert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alexander Albert\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mostdomain.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ranger\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains &#8211; MostDomain","description":"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains","og_description":"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/","og_site_name":"MostDomain","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mostdomain","article_published_time":"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1260,"height":709,"url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alexander Albert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mostdomainofc","twitter_site":"@mostdomainofc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alexander Albert","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/"},"author":{"name":"Alexander Albert","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dc8bbaca058990d2f58e9ff28d468c30"},"headline":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains","datePublished":"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/"},"wordCount":1960,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg","articleSection":["Website"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/","name":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains &#8211; MostDomain","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-16T10:30:54+00:00","description":"Learn how to spot spam domains before buying. Practical checks for history, backlink toxicity, and blacklists in a domain marketplace","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-How-to-Avoid-Spam-Domains-When-Buying-from-a-Domain-Marketplace-rev.jpg","width":1260,"height":709,"caption":"Mostdomain How to Avoid Spam Domains When Buying from a Domain Marketplace (rev)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/avoid-spam-domains-marketplace\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Domain Marketplace Guide to Spotting and Avoiding Spam Domains"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/","name":"MostDomain","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"MostDomain","url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-Logo-Final_Compact-H-Green-White.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mostdomain-Logo-Final_Compact-H-Green-White.png","width":1573,"height":550,"caption":"MostDomain"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mostdomain","https:\/\/x.com\/mostdomainofc","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mostdomain"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dc8bbaca058990d2f58e9ff28d468c30","name":"Alexander Albert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68cb66c7a4a8a55d9321d59d1b8f71e6e43dac830f11d34306cb9effc97e0968?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alexander Albert"},"url":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/author\/ranger\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}