Have you ever received a Google Webmaster email stating that your site was given a "manual spam penalty" for having "pure spam"? Pure spam" is actually a type of spam definition Google gives websites it feels has performed the most egregious types...
Comment spam. As Google matures as a search engine, silver bullets are becoming rarer and rarer. Only rely on desktop search? Relying on any one tactic or factor within search engines is fine in the short term, but in the long term will assuredly...
Cutts also tackled the persistent rumor that the reason Google does updates like Panda and Penguin isn’t to reduce spam but is to actually increase revenue. And not only do we not think that way in the search quality team, we’re more than happy to...
They are building spam fighting algos that improve the overall quality of search results. It will always possible for people to name reasonable exceptions, except, for one fact – Google is not building spam fighting algorithms to evaluate each...
Google spam detection is all about patterns in your link profile. When multiple links are removed or changed within a short timeframe this is a strong signal to search engines that these links could have been acquired unnaturally.
Blekko, the "spam-free" search engine is on a mission to differentiate from the competition, and has been since launching in 2010. Today, Blekko unveiled a new layout for search results that aims to take the guesswork out of intent by offering...
Comment spam. Essentially, both sites scream "spam! Both saw massive search visibility drops (though it's not clear whether they have taken an equivalent traffic hit). Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts promised the new generation of...
There are also many reports that, despite Penguin, Google is still ranking spam sites. Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts tweeted about the new Penguin Spam Report today. When you go to the form, Google asks you for information about the...
You know, like spam comment in your forums or blogs? These are actual titles from article in the top search results for [content marketing and SEO]. It always has been, and always will be – well, at least until the search engines don't use...
Last week Google announced the removal of thousands of link selling websites and we are hearing of a manual spam penalty against Sprint this week. This prospect creates fear for many small businesses who depend on search engine optimization (SEO...
He detailed that the new Penguin was specifically going to target blackhat spam, but would be a significantly larger impact on spam than the original Penguin and subsequent Penguin updates have had. Twitter is full of people commenting on the new...
Go overboard on "optimization" and your site may even get flagged as spam by Google and kicked out of the search results. The information isn't there, the structure isn't there, it's slow, it's hard to navigate, and it doesn't appear in the search...
We can't rely on spam and automation to boost traffic and search rankings anymore. Link farms and spam blogs aren't going to help you, regardless of their PageRank or domain authority. It doesn't help anyone, and it's really just a slightly more...
One of the common misconceptions of marketing automation is that it’s strictly for B2B, and is essentially an email system pre-loaded with time-released messages (or even spam). From search marketing to social media, these are business game...
He believes that the changes will really make a difference with the quality of the search results, as well as impact the amount of spam that is showing up. The latest Google Webmaster video features Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts talking about...
The Good Ol' Way #5: Ad Spam But if you're doing it today, make sure it's original, unique, relevant and well written or you put yourself at a risk for potentially vanishing from the search results. Wanted to rank of Viagra?
Suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall (A) – Search Engine RoundtableOnly one page penalized due to 12 megabytes of spam from 21,169 comments. Link – Search Engine Roundtable Bing Offers– Discover Deals from Across the Web in One Place...
I have often said that until social figures out "spam" (fake profiles/automation, etc.the way that search engines have figured out link spam, social signals can’t be as relevant as we might like. Social channels have a way to go to perfect their...
Google: Disavow Links Even If Removed As A Best Practice – Search Engine RoundtableSays Google's John Mueller: "While it's really important for the web-spam team when processing the reconsideration request to see significant effort put into...
If no manual action was taken, then you'll receive an automated message that tells you that there was no spam action found on your site. Once that work is done, you'll then have to file a reconsideration request to get your penalty removed and...
