Google’s New Stance On Negative SEO: “Works Hard To Prevent” It

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Googles admitted the possibility of negative SEO for years. But in the wake of the Penguin Update, some have claimed its now easier than ever. Does a new change by Google in its help pages acknowledge this?

Googles admitted the possibility of negative SEO since at least 2007. On its help page, it previously had said this about negative SEO, a term used to describe a way a competitor might harm another site:

Now the page says:

Google changed the language a few months ago around March 14th according to Shaun Anderson. This pre-dates the Penguin launch, which may validate that the update of this text does not prove that Penguin makes it easier than ever to use negative SEO techniques than before.

All it may say is that Google is more likely to admit these techniques are indeed possible.

Related Topics: Google: Penguin Update | Google: SEO | SEO: Spamming

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May 30th, 2012
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