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Any Google Content Penalty Experts Out There?

by dp40oz
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I am looking for someone who is an "expert" on why content might be penalized by Google. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS THREAD WITH THINGS LIKE "remove duplicate content" or "Google loves high quality content". I am not a newb and am looking for "expert" advice. This is solely for those who understand why "content" is penalized not someone looking to preach high quality backlinks or other types of penalties. If anyone feels that they can help please PM me. Thanks.
#content #experts #google #penalty
  • Profile picture of the author jimbo61
    Time on page is a clue. compare your non penalised sites with the one that got slammed.

    Oh & I can't Pm as I don't have enough posts. Can't evben pm people I buy stuff from :p

    not preaching
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    Content is penalized MAINLY if it's scraped content, like a bad autoblog or a blog which only has scraped videos from Youtube...content from Yahoo answers and similar.

    Then there MIGHT be content which is penalized because it doesn't adhere to Google quality guidelines, like obvious "make money" schemes/offers, drugs, porn etc.

    But it's not only about "content" in particular, but even more it's your whole site including factors like site navigation, missing terms/privacy/contact pages etc. which can all be a factor influencing rankings.

    A real "penalization" IN MY EXPERIENCE happens rarely and if it happens then because of serious mistakes one made...like excessive overdoing it with link building, spamming, interlinking of your own sites, cloaking etc....things which are big no-nos in Google's eyes.

    The same for "bad links" linking to bad neighborhoods, drugs, meds, porn etc. links

    For a "genuine" site with unique content it is VERY unlikely that it ever gets penalized.
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    • Profile picture of the author dp40oz
      Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

      Content is penalized MAINLY if it's scraped content, like a bad autoblog or a blog which only has scraped videos from Youtube...content from Yahoo answers and similar.

      Then there MIGHT be content which is penalized because it doesn't adhere to Google quality guidelines, like obvious "make money" schemes/offers, drugs, porn etc.

      But it's not only about "content" in particular, but even more it's your whole site including factors like site navigation, missing terms/privacy/contact pages etc. which can all be a factor influencing rankings.

      A real "penalization" IN MY EXPERIENCE happens rarely and if it happens then because of serious mistakes one made...like excessive overdoing it with link building, spamming, interlinking of your own sites, cloaking etc....things which are big no-nos in Google's eyes.

      The same for "bad links" linking to bad neighborhoods, drugs, meds, porn etc. links

      For a "genuine" site with unique content it is VERY unlikely that it ever gets penalized.
      I used to think this way. Most of my sites get penalized at some point. I always thought it was due to link building but ive found that when I clean the content up, combine pages ect.. almost always the penalties will be lifted. So I realized that almost all penalties are due to perceived spam content.

      This is all fine and dandy when I get penalized for legitimate "spammy" sites. My problem right now is one of my best sites is obviously seeing some sort of content penalty and for the life of me I can't figure it out. The content is very top notch IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author RevSEO
    Is the content "overly" optimized to the point that your
    keyword density is ridiculous?

    Is your content being scraped by others and duplicated on
    the net on other sites?
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