Does Google see automatically generated content as a bad thing (ie spam)? If I publish uncopyrighted content on my site that is available from other sources/sites via a WordPress plugin, and Google found out, are there any penalties? Steve, Austin, … [Read more...]
Can a spammy website affect the ranking of other sites hosted on the same server?
My SEO client is using shared hosting for one of their websites. When I checked other sites hosted on their server, I found some spammy websites. Will that affect ranking of my client's website? Remiz Rahnas, Kerala, India … [Read more...]
Why doesn’t Google use reCAPTCHA?
Alain-Christian from Queens, NY asks: "Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA for word verification? As it says on their website, 'Answers to reCAPTCHA challenges are used to digitize textual documents.' Imagine how many more documents could be digitized … [Read more...]
Should we be worried about a penalty if we quickly removed hacked content?
Maxster in Mexico asks: "Site hacks have been on the rise, especially on CMS platforms like Joomla and WordPress. If our site was hacked and damage was done by the hackers (doorway pages inserted and spammed) but removed within days do we have to … [Read more...]
If I use multiple versions of a phrase, would it be seen as keyword spam?
HVR asks: "I noticed that, for example Texas widget and widget Texas, return different results. I think the gist is the same but the results were different. Id like to include both terms/phrases on my page but wouldnt that be considered keyword … [Read more...]
Introduction to reCAPTCHA
Luis von Ahn, a research scientist at Google, introduces a free service called reCAPTCHA. Learn more: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com … [Read more...]
Can you benefit from content scraped from your site?
Biz from the USA asks: "Is there a way to benefit from content scraped from your site?" Thisvideo is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers questions from webmasters. We're not currently taking new … [Read more...]
How are spam reports prioritized?
Neil M Hancock from Newcastle asks: "Is there a minimum number of spam complaints about a domain and/or SERP before Google reviews the complaint? Presumably you get thousands of spam complaints daily, are these sorted into any order to be reviewed? … [Read more...]