Google Seeks to Weaken Search Engine Ranking of ?Content Farming? Websites

[bxflow]

Google has announced that it is fixing flaws in its algorithm that allows search results to be spammed, while also planning to weaken the search-ability of websites referred to as ”content farms.” Matt Cutts, head of Google’s anti-spam team, writes:

As “pure webspam” has decreased over time, attention has shifted instead to “content farms,” which are sites with shallow or low-quality content. In 2010, we launched two major algorithmic changes focused on low-quality sites. Nonetheless, we hear the feedback from the web loud and clear: people are asking for even stronger action on content farms and sites that consist primarily of spammy or low-quality content. (my emphasis)

The only clear reference from Google about problems occurring from “content farms” in regards to spamming search results is from China: “Last year Google faced a rash of webspam on Chinese domains in our index. Some spammers were purchasing large amounts of cheap .cn domains and stuffing them with misspellings and porn phrases.” They claim this scheme led to “irrelevant” search results.



So im guessing this will affect sites like katz,etc since they provide content by linking to it.


Full article:http://www.infowars.com/google-seeks...ming-websites/

bxflow Reviewed by bxflow on 24th Jan 2011. Google Seeks to Weaken Search Engine Ranking of ?Content Farming? Websites Google has announced that it is fixing flaws in its algorithm that allows search results to be spammed, while also planning to weaken the search-ability of websites referred to as ”content farms.” Matt Cutts, head of Google’s anti-spam team, writes: The only clear reference from Google about problems occurring from “content farms” in regards to spamming search results is from China: “Last year Google faced a rash of webspam on Chinese domains in our index. Some spammers Rating: 5

[Djlatino]

Good. I would like to start using google to look up my needs for downloading more often if their algorithm improves.

[Prazsky]

There are some software and warez sites which will always show up in Google search results no matter what you are searching for but often don't have the content you are looking for. Google should seriously get rid of those sites from their index.

[Profit]

Google should ban anything with warez in the name/url/description.