Google Warns Over Repeated Violations of Webmaster Guidelines

[engine]

Google has issued a warning over repeated violations of its webmaster guidelines.

This warning must have been issued because it's finding many sites repeatedly violating its guidelines.

A violation committed regularly is going to mean the site may be destined to remain penalised.

Such repeated violations may make a successful reconsideration process more difficult to achieve. Especially when the repeated violation is done with a clear intention to spam, further action may be taken on the site

Repeated violations of Webmaster Guidelines
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[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I no longer care! ;)

[engine]

You may not, but those that get a re-inclusion request accepted, and then switch back to breaking its rules need to know, they may not get an agreeable acceptance next time around. They know who they are.

[aristotle]

i wonder what percentage of "cheaters' Google's manual webspam team catches. Is it 1% or 10% or what? They're supposed to catch those that the algorithm misses. But I suspect that there are plenty who get past both the algorithm and the webspam team. Sometimes I even see members of WebmasterWorld bragging about their success in this area. Of course most of us have tried to bend the rules at one time or another, and usually didn't get caught.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I was being flippant in saying that I no longer care but it is the truth. At almost 67 years of age my days of kowtowing to Google are thankfully over. :)

Now having said that, anyone involved in SEO during the last 20 years was probably a "cheater" in Google's eyes. I agree with you Aristotle and I think the percentage is probably nearer 10% than 1%.

I have a couple of sites that were heavily optimised. One of them gets away with it the other was severely punished with Penguin three years ago. It had been a reference site since 2001 and it didn't really deserve the fate that Google consigned it to. The other, more heavily optimised and with a KW domain name, escaped the Penguin palaver but rankings have gradually decreased since then. I unenthusiastically tried a few things to change it then I gave up. It was a nice feeling when I did so. My pension will do me from now on. :)

[EditorialGuy]

No biggie. They're just serving notice. Listening is optional. :-)

[toidi]

If the algo worked, they would not need penalties.