Suspicious sites linking in to my WordPress

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  stewartinnes · Member · May 31, 2013 at 8:47 am

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  I set up my WordPress blog a couple of weeks ago and paid for my own domain (www.stewartinnes.com).

  I understand that backlinks are a good thing but I have made no attempt to make any – yet.

  Then I suddenly notice on Alexa that I have 80+ backlinks that I did not ask for.

  I checked some and they seem to be strangely written (scraped/open source/auto content or something like that).

  Below are some examples for you to check:
  idesignmag.com
  quickstepthailand.com
  querinrecords.com

  If these are of suspect quality, is this linking with them affecting my standing with Google search?

  I would like to keep them if they help, but I understand WordPress has deleted accounts for suspicious linking.

  Do I need to remove the links?

  Best,

  Stewart

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  raincoaster · Member · May 31, 2013 at 9:53 am

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  Those are spam blogs who have probably stolen your posts and linked to you in hopes you’re fooled into thinking this is a good thing. I suggest you take action. http://manolofood.com/whine-journalism-and-how-to-bring-the-splashback/

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  stewartinnes · Member · May 31, 2013 at 10:19 am

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  Thanks raincoaster.