Google: Spam Links To Non Existent 404 Pages On Your Site Won’t Hurt Rankings Of Existing Pages

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This is a very common question which worries a lot of bloggers and webmasters. Some webmasters are clueless on how to treat junk links from spam sites and whether spam links to 404 pages would have any effect on the rankings of existing pages.

The short answer is a No, Spam links to 404 pages or existing pages won’t have any effect on the rankings of your content. Google engineer John MU clarified this doubt in a Google webmaster help thread, saying:
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