How Toxic Links Undermine Authority and Visibility Across Search Bad backlinks are one of the most common causes of lost rankings and manual penalties. In this guide, Stellar SEO explains how to identify, remove, and recover from toxic links while protecting your authority across Google and AI platforms. In 2025, bad backlinks do more than trigger ranking losses. They disrupt how search engines and AI systems interpret your brand’s authority and credibility. Modern algorithms evaluate more ...
