Update Quality

i hope this isn't right :(

[webdevsf]

I'm noticing a lot of crap in there at the top of some of my best performing SERPS. This could be bad news...

Anyone else?

[indigojo]

I still see bad spam - hidden links sites etc

[daroz]

Same here... I counted about 1/3 to 1/2 of the top 100.

I stopped counting after that.

And about 1/2 of those sites are all the same company.

[webdevsf]

It seems **** enlargement is particularly relevant to a lot of searches. :P

Maybe this is just a bad dream. So far I haven't seen it on www yet.

[GoogleGuy]

webdevsf, drop a quick spam report form in and mention your nick. I'd like to see what query you're doing, and I have access to that queue.

[mrguy]

I'm seeing the same thing on one of my queries.

The main site and their doorway site own the top spots.

Same content, same owner, different domain name.

[werty]

Googleguy, would you mind if I sent a targeted spam report to you? I am getting some shady result for one search on www2.

[GoogleGuy]

Definitely werty and mrguy. I mentioned in another thread, but the number of spam reports for the new index is running below average so far. Tell me the queries you're seeing..

[werty]

I found a perfect of example of everything Google warns about on the SEO page.

Cloaking, crosslinking, cloaning(copying content), hidden links, gateway pages...

Sending in about 3 minutes

[jcoronella]

I am actually noticing less spam than usual. A spam site that I have had to report two months running is no longer seeping into the index. Maybe they just have a manual penalty against them (which is a nasty pun considering their content).

[GoogleGuy]

Glad to hear it's better from where you're sitting, jcoronella.

[mrguy]

Edited:

Sent in as spam report to GoogleGuy's attention.

[edited by: mrguy at 6:56 am (utc) on Mar. 7, 2003]

[webdevsf]

OK, googleguy, i just submitted a spam report. Hope you can help!

Thx!

[werty]

The site that was doing that is now totally down...Could they have been watching the log files...got crawled and just deleted everything? So Shady... I got a screen capture of it just incase.

[werty]

GoogleGuy...I submitted a repost but did not get a confirmation...took me right to the google home page. Is this what happens after i submit the form?

[AthlonInside]

I have notice Google doing a very good job against spam on this update.

[GoogleGuy]

Just got it werty with no problems. Thanks for pointing it out--should be gone soon.

Okay, I'm getting a little beat. Keep the positive feedback coming here, and any specific negative feedback coming in via spam report. :)

[GoogleGuy]

Thanks, AthlonInside! If other people are negative I hope you'll chime back. :)

[ramitheweb]

GoogleGuy,
I love google, I am 1st on my keywords!

Thank for fighting with spam!

GoogleGuy,
Please say to all teams huge thanks from me.

:)

[werty]

Thank you GG. I am beat as well. Goodnight.

[markusf]

I searched for "free dating" on www2 some Site in the UK comes up #1, but when i click on the link i get a page with a single image, and a menu bar on the side.. The description that appears in google, is nowhere to be found in the source anywhere on the site.. Would this be an example of cloaking?

[GoogleGuy]

Whew. I'm heading out, but I'll catch people tomorrow.

Take it easy,
GoogleGuy