Google Index Blatently Spammed by Redirect Websites

[Jacko2004]

Hi Guys,
I browse through here from time to time and because I am such a beginner I havent posted til now. However I couldn't resist asking this today as here is something that really gets up my goat.

How long does it take for google to respond after you notify it about major blatant spam? I have notified them about this just recently.

In my search for ‘Magazine Style Wedding Albums’ (an exclusive term used only by wedding couples or wedding photographer) I found links to a site which has apparently misused key words and links from high ranking wedding photography sites to attract traffic to its doorway page for the sole purpose of redirecting traffic to at least two of its totally unrelated target sites, being about animals or mens health.

The google result would yield either http://www.man-health-magazine.info/...e-wedding.html or http://www.animal-magazine.info/anim...le-wedding.php

Then once the surfer goes to the URL provided by google containing the misused links and keywords a redirect occurs and the surfer lands on either http://www.man-health-magazine.info/ or http://www.animal-magazine.info/

It would seem that the keyword ‘magazine’ is what they (the spammers) are targeting. Never mind that the victim sites was only related to wedding photography and albums as their site description shows in my google search.

The result that one receives when one is caught in this deceptive redirect is either a site peddling magazines about mens health magazines or animal magazines.

I would think that this is the work of a SEO company.

Does anybody else know anything about this particular group?

Jack

[cbp]

How long does it take for google to respond after you notify it about major blatant spam?

They don't.

Google use spam reports to get an understanding of the current spam techniques to develop the algorithm for automatic detection, ban and reinstatement when clean.

They have stated that they only very rarely intervene manually in incredibly extreme cases.

Don't expect anything to happen from the spam report. I doubt they have the manpower to deal with them all - I guess they gets 1000'3 every day - I also guess a lot are not legitimate (eg SPAM = Sites Positioned Above Mine)

Most do seem to get dealt to eventually as the algorithm is improved .

CBP

[Jacko2004]

Thanks for your reply cbp,

I guess it would be a logistical nightmare for any search engine to have to deal with spam case by case.

What gets me though, is that this particualar example doesn't seem all that sophisticated and I would guess that it would be one of the oldest tricks in the spammer books but yet the Google algorithm does not yet deal with it.

Jacko

[ADAM Web Design]

IT's been happening all the time ever since the Brandy update, Jacko. Your example is a bit of a twist, however. Usually, it's some lame third-tier PPC engine that sells the rankings for just pennies a glass! I mean...per click.

I've said it before lately, and I'll say it again until at least the next major algo update: Google is broken. An increasing percentage of spammers are getting in, as well as more spammers with painfully obvious tricks such as that one.

I don't even bother to report them for all the good it will do.

[Jacko2004]

Originally Posted by ADAMWebDesign

IT's been happening all the time ever since the Brandy update, Jacko....

Strange although, that an update in the algorithm would make it easier for spammers rather than harder.

[ADAM Web Design]

You'd think that, wouldn't you? But nevertheless, it's been occurring with disturbing regularity. It's one of the reasons I switched back to MSN as my default search engine. It might be the 5th or 6th result that's what I want and not the first, but at least the first 4 or 5 won't be spam results anywhere near as often.