Google SEO Penalties

Discussions focus on Google's detection, enforcement, and penalties for websites using manipulative SEO practices like spam, hidden text, and link schemes, including questions about effectiveness and potential hypocrisy by Google itself.

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mullsork Feb 15, 2016 View on HN

Shouldn't Google catch on to this stuff and demote their site ranking?

bencollier49 May 10, 2014 View on HN

I thought Google specifically penalised sites which did that?

manigandham Feb 15, 2016 View on HN

Google does actually penalize this. It's also not that easy to catch given the layers involved.

barredo Sep 24, 2009 View on HN

Google should start penalizing this kind of sites

9point6 Dec 20, 2017 View on HN

Isn't there a Google PageRank penalty for sites that do that now?

whizzter Aug 16, 2025 View on HN

It's not inconceivable that some Googlers reads here or otherwise and took note to punish that site.

llamataboot Dec 25, 2013 View on HN

No, this is google enforcing a harsh penalty for one site to discourage other people from trying to game search which basically makes us all suffer through content farm links, etc.

bdjsiqoocwk Feb 28, 2024 View on HN

Google is doing the thing that it punishes other publishers for doing? Whaaaaa? /s

pottersbasilisk Aug 16, 2017 View on HN

Oh boy, thats going to get google hammered in the blacklist and age blacklist lawsuits.

KqAmJQ7 May 3, 2023 View on HN

Reminds me of SEO link spam attacks on competing websites to get them banned by Google.