Off-Site Webspam Factors
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:10 am
188. Hacked Site: If your site is hacked, it may be removed from search results. In fact, Google removes your index after it deems that the search engine land has been hacked .Search Engine Land – What we learned when Google deindexed our site
189. Unnatural Link Influx: A sudden and unnatural influx of links is a sure sign of fake links.
190. Penguin Penalty: Sites that have been hit by Google’s Penguin have significantly less visibility in search. Although apparently, Penguin is now more focused on filtering out bad links rather than penalizing entire sites.
191. Link Profile with a High Percentage of Low-Quality Links: Many links from sources commonly used by black hat SEOs like blog comments and forum profiles can be a sign of gaming the system.
192. Links from Unrelated Websites: A high percentage of backlinks from topically unrelated websites can increase the chances of a manual penalty .
193. Unnatural Link Warning: Google sends thousands of “Google france mobile database Search Console notification of unnatural links detected” messages. This usually results in a ranking drop, though not 100% of the time.
194. Low-Quality Directory Links: According to Google , backlinks from low-quality directories may result in penalties.
195. Widget Links: Google doesn’t like the links that are automatically generated when users embed “widgets” on their sites .
196. Links from the Same Class C IP: Getting an unnatural number of links from sites on the same server IP may help Google determine that your links are coming from a blog network .
197. “Poison” Anchor Text: Having “poison” anchor text especially the keyword “poison” pointing to your site can be a sign of spam or a hacked site. Either way, it can hurt your site’s ranking.
189. Unnatural Link Influx: A sudden and unnatural influx of links is a sure sign of fake links.
190. Penguin Penalty: Sites that have been hit by Google’s Penguin have significantly less visibility in search. Although apparently, Penguin is now more focused on filtering out bad links rather than penalizing entire sites.
191. Link Profile with a High Percentage of Low-Quality Links: Many links from sources commonly used by black hat SEOs like blog comments and forum profiles can be a sign of gaming the system.
192. Links from Unrelated Websites: A high percentage of backlinks from topically unrelated websites can increase the chances of a manual penalty .
193. Unnatural Link Warning: Google sends thousands of “Google france mobile database Search Console notification of unnatural links detected” messages. This usually results in a ranking drop, though not 100% of the time.
194. Low-Quality Directory Links: According to Google , backlinks from low-quality directories may result in penalties.
195. Widget Links: Google doesn’t like the links that are automatically generated when users embed “widgets” on their sites .
196. Links from the Same Class C IP: Getting an unnatural number of links from sites on the same server IP may help Google determine that your links are coming from a blog network .
197. “Poison” Anchor Text: Having “poison” anchor text especially the keyword “poison” pointing to your site can be a sign of spam or a hacked site. Either way, it can hurt your site’s ranking.