Updated: Google penalizes mobile sites using sneaky redirects

Looks like Google has taken action on mobile sites that trick users into being redirected to an unwanted web site from the mobile search results page. If your site received a manual action, read this. The post Updated: Google penalizes mobile sites using sneaky redirects appeared first on Search…

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SearchCap: Google expands Featured Snippets, penalizes free product reviews & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google expands Featured Snippets, penalizes free product reviews & more appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Google Penalizes Italian & Spanish Link Networks

As promised, Google has taken manual action to penalize link networks in Italy and Spain. It was just four days ago that Google warned webmasters in those two countries about its rules on paid links and willingness to take action against websites that violate those rules. The penalties were…

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Google Penalizes Two German Link Networks; One Being efamous

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced on Twitter today that they have penalized and taken action on two additional German link networks. He mentioned one by name: efamous. efamous looks like a typical ad network, but I guess they passed PageRank through their link network, which…

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