Malicious visitors to your site can create spam through mechanisms such as comment spam, forum spam, and freehost accounts. Learn about these tactics and how to prevent them early on. Check out our Webmaster Guidelines here: support.google.com Read more about rel=”nofollow”: support.google.com Learn more about creating great sites that perform well in Google search results at Webmaster Academy: support.google.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Google Webmasters: www.google.com
Webspam Content Violations
June 25, 2012 By
Understand more about our Webmaster Guidelines and ensure you are adding value for your users. Check out our Webmaster Guidelines here: support.google.com You can read more about our reconsideration process here: support.google.com Learn more about creating great sites that perform well in Google search results at Webmaster Academy: support.google.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Google Webmasters: www.google.com
What should I do if my competitors are using webspam techniques?
May 22, 2012 By
White hat search marketers read and follow Google Guidelines. What should they tell clients whose competitors use black hat techniques (such as using doorway pages) and whom continue to rank as a result of those techniques? lisawilliams, Hood River See spam? Let us know! www.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
What happens if I link to a good page that later becomes spammy?
May 21, 2012 By
Site A links to Site B because Site B has content that would be useful to Site A’s end users, and Google indexes the appropriate page. After the page is indexed, Site B’s content changes and becomes spammy. Does Site A incur a penalty in this case? MrTVTL, Toronto Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: productforums.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
Does Google take manual action on webspam?
April 16, 2012 By
Just to confirm: does Google take manual action on webspam? Does manual action result in a removal or can it also be a demotion? Are there other situations where Google will remove content from its search results? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California Read our quality guidelines here: support.google.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: groups.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
Should I spend more time on improving my content or on fighting scrapers?
August 8, 2011 By
Hi Matt I understand that the recent farmer update (Panda) gives a penalty for poor content. Given the penalty scrapers have been outranking original sites. Should webmasters spend time in fighting scrapers directly or work on the poor content? Thx” Sunny, Mumbai, India Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
How do reconsideration requests work at Google?
August 5, 2011 By
Please walk us through the reconsideration request process from Google’s perspective. Has anything about the reconsideration process changed recently? Matt Cutts, Bay Area, California For more reasons why your site may not be showing up well in Google, read the “My site isn’t doing well in search” article in our Help Center: www.google.com Read more about changes to the reconsideration request process on our blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
Does selling the same product on three different domains look spammy?
May 26, 2011 By
I manage 3 websites that sell the same products across 3 domains. Each site has a different selling approach, price structure, target audience, etc. Does Google see this as spammy or black hat? Josh K, Dallas, TX Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
What are some of the projects that the webspam team might tackle in 2011?
March 16, 2011 By
What are some of the projects that the webspam team might tackle in 2011? Matt Cutts, Mountain View Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com
When are penalties lifted?
February 14, 2011 By
Hi Matt. Is there a thing like a permanent Google penalty for sites, or if the necessary fixes were made according to Google guidelines the penalties are lifted in all cases? valterchaves, flamengo Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com