Thursday, May 10, 2007
We are aware that a number of German webmasters have received fake penalty notification emails
that allegedly came from Google Search Quality. These spam emails have created some confusion
about their authenticity, since
we send very similar email notifications.
Therefore, we clearly want to state that these emails are not related to any of Google’s efforts
concerning webmaster notification.
In the original post, we had listed the ways to tell if the email you received was not from
Google. However, as we’ve temporarily stopped sending emails about guidelines violations, you
can safely assume that any email you receive isn’t from us. Note that the emails we sent did not
include attachments. In addition, some of the emails mentioned 301 redirects as being the
violation in question. Rest assured that 301 redirects are not a violation of our
Webmaster Guidelines. Note that we do provide information
about some violations in
Webmaster Tools.
If your site previously violated the guidelines and you’ve made changes to fix it, you can let us
know by filing a
reinclusion request.
Cómo lo aplicamos
We archive Search Central announcements because client questions often trace back to a change that was announced years ago. Reading the original is faster than reconstructing it from second-hand summaries.
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