Google has simplified its site reputation abuse policy and manual actions section for clarity, emphasizing that these changes are editorial in nature with no adjustments to Google's algorithms. The updates include new guidelines on identifying and handling third-party content that may violate site reputation standards. By streamlining access to this information, Google aims to assist site owners in managing potentially harmful content while maintaining search rankings effectively. The changes focus on administrative clarity rather than altering enforcement of existing policies.
Google noted here that they "Updated the site reputation abuse policy to include guidance from our blog post's FAQ on site reputation abuse." This was done "to make it easier to find this guidance. These are editorial changes only, no change in behavior."
Google removed this paragraph: Site reputation abuse is the practice of publishing third-party pages on a site in an attempt to abuse search rankings by taking advantage of the host site's ranking signals.
Google added this section: Look for any third-party content on your site that violates the site reputation abuse policy. To get a better sense of where the violating content appears, review the list of patterns of affected pages.
Caution: Moving the content to another established site or to a subdomain/subdirectory within your site may not resolve the underlying issue: Moving to a subdomain/subdirectory may be viewed as an attempt to circumvent our spam policy.
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