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 … [Read more...]
Webspam Content Violations
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 … [Read more...]
What should I do if my competitors are using webspam techniques?
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 … [Read more...]
What happens if I link to a good page that later becomes spammy?
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? … [Read more...]
Does Google take manual action on webspam?
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 more...]
Should I spend more time on improving my content or on fighting scrapers?
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" … [Read more...]
How do reconsideration requests work at Google?
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 … [Read more...]
Does selling the same product on three different domains look spammy?
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 … [Read more...]
What are some of the projects that the webspam team might tackle in 2011?
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 … [Read more...]
When are penalties lifted?
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 … [Read more...]