The addition of products and services like Google+ and Google Authorship have been introduced to build a "strong identity" allowing the possibility to weed out "spammers" and reward real authors. Building identity around top content is now an...
The spammers obviously noticed that and worked to find out a way back onto the site. Regardless of the medium, there’ll always be spammers, people trying to work their way around the system, looking for the quick buck.
It appears to have little relevance, except to spammers. Google has released two new videos in its popular Webmaster Help series that shed new light on a couple of hot topics in the SEO industry: how to you identify unnatural links and why Google...
This is meant to be a deterrent for spammers and generators of low-quality content. The spammers face no consequences. Guest posting in its purest form can be helpful for both the writer of the post and the blogger who posts it.
Most quality directories are paid directories – the cost of entry is a barrier to spammers. This continues to be true in 2013. What has changed over the years is the degree of risk associated with operating outside of the Google Webmaster Guidelines.
Why Can Google Still Not Catch Up With the Spammers? It all starts with Google, doesn’t it? Not really – it’s all about Google today because Google is the most used search engine. Google, like any other software, evolves and corrects its own bugs...
Captcha won’t stop your spammers, so don’t make that your “stop all” method. While for most, site traffic will be coming from where it should be, some industries attract spammers and “users” from countries where bots are more prevalent than people.
Google was focusing all of its efforts at policing arduous spammers and TOS violators. Why not just go after spammers anymore? Much has already been written about the Google Penguin updates, and the impact these have had on websites and businesses.
Yes, it wouldn’t hurt you, but I can definitely see Google using it as a trigger to perhaps manually spam check those sites that are being flagged repeatedly by webmasters or used to detect footprints left by link spammers.
It only ends when the spammers give up and the link graph is clear once more. I’m here to argue that the opposite could actually be true and that those using it are being gamed by Google. Google has never had an issue with the quality of search...
Spammers? Bots and spammers exist. Should we let Facebook off the hook, now that we know their ad traffic is cleaner than our organic traffic and only a measly 1.5 percent of Facebook’s 955 million accounts may be spammers/bots?
The Sophos spokesperson told the BBC, "Spammers and malware authors can mass-produce false Facebook profiles to help them spread dangerous links and spam, and trick people into befriending them. Why are spammers and malware authors clicking on...
Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake mobile signature to try to bypass anti-spam mechanisms in the email platform they're using," said Google. The other possibility is that Android malware has become much more...
IPv6 contains no more or less risk from spammers than IPv4,” Boske said. He doesn’t see any additional risks from spammers as a result of the IPv6 launch, given that they have supported it on their IPv6 subdomain since early 2009, so not much will...
Links to web spammers or bad neighborhoods on the web Links to Web Spammers or Bad Neighborhoods on the Web What Google says about link schemes is important to understand. Understanding the gray area between what Google says and what (currently...
Do link spammers leave footprints? Have a look. Google Penalty or Algorithm Change: Dealing With Lost Traffic – Explains the difference between penalties, filers and dampeners (as well as things you can do).
The Panda update is more of a content related update, targeting sites with duplicate content and targeting spammers who scrape content. The purpose per Google was to catch excessive spammers, but it seems some legit sites and SEOs have been caught...
If Google implemented something along these lines, it would require spammers trying to influence Google's algorithms through commenting to first build up credibility with Google. One bit of Google gossip that has largely flown under the radar thus...
This was another factor that caused websites to lose their Google rankings, so links to and from web spammers or “bad neighborhoods” are a danger. Are you angry and looking for answers about why your rankings vanished after Google released its...
What happens when a free hosting service becomes infested with spammers? If a free hosting service doesn’t do these seven things, then it’s possible an influx of spammers could wipe out your organic traffic should Google one day detect signals that...
