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Google removes BMW.de! [Merged]

Discussion in 'Websites' started by Design Agent, Feb 4, 2006.

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    Design Agent, Feb 4, 2006 IP
  2. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    #2
    Great. Am Glad Google is finding and dealing with spam.

    Shannon
     
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    This is excellent. Finally, anyone that is breaking Googles' rules - regardless of how "big" they are - are being treated in the same manner as the small fish. There have been many times that BlackHat methods were highlighted being used at large sites with the caveat "as if Google is going to drop them from the index!"...

    Now Google is taking action and creating a level playing field.
     
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    Johnburk Peon

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    Google has removed BMW.de because of the use of doorways and cloacking!
     
    Johnburk, Feb 5, 2006 IP
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    Are you absolutely sure that's the cause?
    Is there any readings about the issue?
     
    Bundy, Feb 5, 2006 IP
  6. Johnburk

    Johnburk Peon

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    That's very nice indeed , hoora for matt cutts
     
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    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    #8
    It's a crap website anyway... JavaScript is a requirement...

    I use the FF extension called NoScript - unless it seems really worthy I allow sites but I can't even be bothered with sites like these if they are so dumb to make it a requirement.
     
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    Nice to see them hitting the big guys just as hard as everyone else..
     
    Interlogic, Feb 5, 2006 IP
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    LinkSales Active Member

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    I agree 100%.
     
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    Yep, Totally not partial!
     
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    I'm glad to see that.
     
    mdvaldosta, Feb 5, 2006 IP
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    I guess they're using scare tactics too, announcing to the world what they've done.

    It will be interesting to see when BMW are back in.

    Although I wonder how much of their traffic is "type in" compared to SE anyways, I really wouldn't have thought they'd need to resort to such tactics.

    ...and anyway, surely a link spamming compaign would have been better than a content spamming one :)
     
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    I wonder what SEO company was behind this..
     
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    Yeah, somebody's getting canned over this. I can imagine when they were implementing it, "Trust me on this one, Google doesn't bust anyone for cloaking, especially outside the U.S."
     
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    @Sharpseo

    I don't even think that he told BMW that is was cloaking.

    One of the biggest SEO companies here in The Netherlands using cloaking as nr 1. methode to get high position.

    They never teld their customers about cloaking. They just call it "Organic"
     
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    too bad that even such big companies can't correctly choose a suitable seo firm
     
    alinush, Feb 5, 2006 IP
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    It has nothing to do with that,

    It's just googles way of getting companies to start using adwords....just delist them...

    think how large the market is...

    next delisting...cnn? :cool:
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Feb 5, 2006 IP
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    Can someone explain just exactly what is wrong with the BMW.de site? I've just had a quick look over the code and I really don't see what's wrong, but I aren't up on the technical aspects.

    Pete
     
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    #20
    I kinda doubt "bmw.de" depends on SE's for hits, it's pretty easy to remember/type that URL when you are german and want to read about bmw's.

    Imagine how many big sites they are going to dump from the index on their chinese DCs? heh!
     
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