Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, has confirmed that the search engine hasn’t launched algorithmic actions targeting site reputation abuse. This clarification addresses speculation within the SEO community that recent traffic drops are related to Google’s previously announced policy update. Sullivan Says No Update Rolled Out Lily Ray, an SEO professional, shared a screenshot on Twitter … Read more
Just a PSA – the newish Google site reputation abuse policy not only applies to Google Search but also applies to Google Discover. Google updated the Discover content policies a while back to add a line that reads, “Publishers should be aware of the new site reputation abuse policy that becomes effective as of May … Read more
Updated: May 16, 2024. All you need to know about Google’s site reputation abuse policy. Google’s ongoing efforts to combat web spam and improve search quality have led to the introduction of the Site Reputation Abuse policy. This policy primarily targets websites that host third-party content to manipulate search rankings by exploiting the host site’s … Read more
About a week ago, we reported that Google began enforcing its new site reputation abuse policy by issuing manual actions and ranking penalties for those sites that violated those policies. Google seems to be now lifting some of those manual actions where the sites took the necessary action and no longer are violating the policy. … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. Google may have had two search ranking algorithm updates, one around May 9th and one around May 3rd. Google began its site reputation abuse policy enforcement this week with manual actions, and it is not about linking. Google said sites may recover from the helpful content update. … Read more
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, made it crystal clear that the site reputation abuse policy has zero to do with linking. This means that who you link to and/or who links to you has no impact on this new policy that Google began enforcing with manual actions earlier this week. Danny Sullivan said this on … Read more
Although Google told us the site reputation abuse policy would go into effect on Sunday, May 5, Danny Sullivan tweeted on Monday evening that the manual actions were currently being handed out and that the algorithmic component was not yet live. At the time I write this, we have seen the first manual actions. I … Read more
Google indicated that manual actions were coming to webpages that host third party webpages and according to some, the effects of those manual actions may be showing up in the search results. Site Reputation Abuse Manual Actions Google’s SearchLiaison tweeted late on May 6th that Google was enforcing the new site reputation abuse policy with … Read more
Google said it began to enforce its new site reputation abuse policy last *****. The policy went into effect on Sunday, May 5th, but Google did not announce it would take action until last *****. As a reminder, this should target sites doing what some call “Parasite SEO.” It seems some large “reputable” sites were … Read more
Google has started its enforcement of the new site reputation abuse policy by delisting portions of websites from the Google Search index. This seems to have launched in the past hour or so, where sites as large as CNN, USA Today, and LA Times are seeing their coupon directories no longer ranking for coupon-related keyword … Read more
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