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Google Spam Policies

Google's published rules defining content and link practices that violate guidelines.

The Spam Policies document specifies prohibited practices including cloaking, doorway pages, hacked content, hidden text, keyword stuffing, link spam, machine-generated content abuse, scraped content, sneaky redirects and thin affiliate pages. Violations can trigger manual actions or algorithmic suppression. Google updates the policies periodically to address emerging tactics.

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Manual Action

A penalty applied by a Google reviewer for guideline violations.

Algorithmic Penalty

A ranking suppression applied automatically by Google's algorithms.

Helpful Content System

Google's ranking system targeting content created primarily for people, not search engines.

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