There are so many definitions of spam. I realize most of us know what spam is, some don’t.
I will start with the most revelant called spamdexing basically search engine spam. This occurs when sites misleads neophite/surfers/ via title and description tags.
Some affiliate use this technique in the hopes of ranking higher on the index than their competitors.
Let’s use this as an example:
online gambling resource advice & reviews
The best site to learn more about casino gratuit.html. … Copyright © 2005 Onlinegambling7.com Good Day! Welcome to …http://www.money-poker-club.info/onl…-resource.html – 7k – Cached – More from this site – Save – Block
Both the Title and description are false and misleading. The site redirects to 888.com. The desicription tag and title have nothing to do “online gambling resource review”. There are other problems with it as well but I will stay on topic and concentrate on spam.
So how does Google feel about this sort of practice? This one example one topic by itself says Google this “techniques may lead them to remove your site from the Google index” This is how Google defines spam:
1.Hidden text or hidden links.
2.Cloaking or sneaky redirects.
3.Automated queries to Google.
4.Pages loaded with irrelevant keywords.
5.Multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
“Doorway” pages created just for search engines, or other “cookie cutter” approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content.
In addition Google does not appreciate the following:
1.owns shadow domains
2.puts links to their other clients on doorway pages
3.offers to sell keywords in the address bar
doesn’t distinguish between actual search results and ads that appear in search results
4.guarantees ranking, but only on obscure, long keyword phrases you would get anyway
5.operates with multiple aliases or falsified WHOIS info
this is important
gets traffic from “fake” search engines, spyware, or scumware
has had domains removed from Google’s index or is not itself listed in Google
To submitt spam to Google http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html
888.com has obviously takin no action against this affiliate. This would suggest to me 888.com accepts this sort of behavior by their affilates.
I have a collection of such spam results. Does 888.com fall into any of these categories? I have not approach Google on any of these matters but do have the evidence to do so.
I am open to a response. greek39^*