Google now penalizing bad spelling and grammar

Sorry if there's already a thread on this, I couldn't find one.

http://www.seroundtable.com/google-forums-blog-spelling-13506.html

I think this is another good move by Google... I'm getting tired of people who can't spell anything properly.

 

I'd have to agree about the spelling thing especially as every pc most certainly has a spell checker if not a grammar checker as well.

 

Most browsers underline misspelt words, yes.



I wonder if anyone would be anal enough to set up word filters on their forums to replace "u" with "you" and "pls" with "please" etc... lol
I'm also hoping this will rule out people trying to write articles in a language they don't know. Also annoying to come across.

 

Indeed, that would help out the poor souls who can not be bothered to type whole words.

 

I agree with everyone else as this being a good thing. The people that put the time and effort into good quality content should have the advantage over those who are sloppy.

 

I think this sets a dangerous precedence for Google to recommend site owners change User Generated Content. Personally I would be very hesitant to do this, and doing so could bring some legal implications. Read the comments on the article for further details.

 

This I think is a very good thing. For quite a few reasons.
1) It will allow the more serious folks to come up.
2) The blackhatters would probably be affected badly by this.
3) It will emphasize everyone to work harder on building their content, rather than paying someone 2$ an hour to do it for them.

 

I think this will backfire on some big sites
Yahoo answers is a good example of such site ...

 

I wonder if they will allow for UK English spellings, such as 'colour' instead of 'color'? It would be interesting to know how they intend to implement this.

Some articles on websites are so poorly written that they don't make any sense, so it would be great if these could be filtered out.

 

What if those are slang or sometimes you meant to insert foreign language in it. Or sometimes some scientific terms have not yet exist in the vocab. I hope that doesn't create any confusion

 

well,this will hurt some of my site

 

Google's mission is to encourage sites that provide a positive experience for web users.
To favor well written sites over poorly written ones would serve their goal very nicely.