Comments on: Hidden Text (Revisited)

By: duz

duz — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:26:33 +0000

I agree randie. Google does not hand review spam reports because they would have to double their staff! The spam reports go into a database which is used for testing the spam detection component of the algo.

By: randie

randie — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:34:40 +0000

Hidden text is still almost a regular practice for some webmasters. Especially in my country, Turkey. These webmasters do it for a good reason though: You can spam with literally any method and get away with it. These codes go unnoticed by Google. I don’t understand why Google should index text of 1 pixel, and send visitors to that spammed page just because that 1-px keyword is there. This is 2007 not 1998. Consider this : http://www.modernperdesistemleri.com/resim_galerisi.htm
This site, while unbelievable, ranks #1 for a rather competetive keyword.

Reporting cheaters is the only way left but these reports are never reviewed, at least in last 2 years. Never heard any Turkish site got punished that way either.

By: duz

duz — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:56:52 +0000

That is a good question oronm and I don’t know the answer at the moment.

By: oronm

oronm — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:56:08 +0000

what puzzles me the most : How does google know wether the hidden text represents a graphic headline or is just a black hat trick ?
i know they are scanning css now BUT what if the background image for the headline isn’t given to the H2 (in some cases i give it to the wrapper div for more control).

Any thougnts ?

By: TheDisneyBlog

TheDisneyBlog — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:26:04 +0000

I wanted to thank you for posting about my Saga. I’ve posted a summary and some lessons learned here:

http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2007/01/google_delistin.html

-John