{"id":23915,"date":"2007-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/how-we-use-spam-reports\/"},"modified":"2007-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"how-we-use-spam-reports","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/how-we-use-spam-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"How we use spam reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"key-point\">It&#8217;s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore).<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gargardate\">2007-09-01<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\" class=\"external-link\">Google Webmaster Tools<\/a><br \/>\n  not only help us communicate with webmasters, but also provide a channel for you to<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/report-spam-phishing-or-malware\/\">inform us about spam sites<\/a> you find<br \/>\n  online. Thanks to you, we&#8217;ve received many spam reports that have helped us improve search quality<br \/>\n  by showing more relevant, useful sites in our results.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It&#8217;s easy to submit a spam report via either of two channels, authenticated and unauthenticated.<br \/>\n  We give a higher priority to the reports that are submitted through an<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/report-spam-phishing-or-malware\/\" title=\"authenticated channel such as Webmaster Tools\">authenticated channel such as Webmaster Tools<\/a>.<br \/>\n  Or you can<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/report-spam-phishing-or-malware\/\" title=\"submit unauthenticated reports\">submit unauthenticated reports<\/a>.<br \/>\n  Since the unauthenticated reports are reported anonymously, we may give it lower priority to<br \/>\n  process.\n<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how a spam report submitted from Webmaster Tools is processed:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-evaluate-the-spam-report\" tabindex=\"-1\">We evaluate the spam report<\/h2>\n<p>\n  We take spam reports very seriously, and we have dedicated staff to timely process reports. We<br \/>\n  primarily evaluate spam reports in reference to our<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/search-essentials-overview\/\" title=\"webmaster guidelines\">webmaster guidelines<\/a>. We<br \/>\n  determine whether we agree or disagree with the user&#8217;s report.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spam site commonly uses illicit techniques to mislead search engines to (mis)lead users to<br \/>\n  certain websites. The Webmaster Guidelines cover most (but not all) common forms of behavior that<br \/>\n  we consider deceptive or manipulative. We suggest you review our webmaster guidelines listed in<br \/>\n  our <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\">Webmaster Help Center<\/a>. These will help you create a search-engine<br \/>\n  friendly website without spam.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There are cases where we disagree with the spam report&#8217;s evaluation, and those reports are then<br \/>\n  disregarded. The confirmed reports are forwarded to our engineering teams.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-take-action-on-confirmed-spam-reports\" tabindex=\"-1\">We take action on confirmed spam reports<\/h2>\n<p>\n  We take action on many confirmed spam sites, either manually and\/or algorithmically. Furthermore,<br \/>\n  the extent of our action is dependent on the severity of the violation&mdash;a confirmed spam<br \/>\n  report doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean the entire site will be removed from the index.\n<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"taking-action-on-spam-by-improving-our-algorithms\" tabindex=\"-1\">Taking action on spam by improving our algorithms<\/h3>\n<p>\n  It&#8217;s most efficient for us to combat spam through our algorithms. We use spam reports about one<br \/>\n  site to create algorithmic improvements detecting spam in all sites similar to the report. We<br \/>\n  then extensively test our changes before we push our new code into production. This engineering<br \/>\n  process takes time. When people ask the question &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you penalized the spam site I&#8217;ve<br \/>\n  reported?&#8221;, if we confirmed their spam report, then it&#8217;s likely that we&#8217;re working, or will be<br \/>\n  working, on an algorithmic solution.\n<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"taking-manual-action-on-a-spam-site\" tabindex=\"-1\">Taking manual action on a spam site<\/h3>\n<p>\n  We may also take manual action on confirmed spam sites. This process is obviously much faster,<br \/>\n  but it&#8217;s not as robust a method to improve our search quality as the algorithmic approach.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-can-contact-webmasters-to-correct-their-site\" tabindex=\"-1\">We can contact webmasters to correct their site<\/h2>\n<p>\n  If we believe that a reported spam site is in violation of the webmaster guidelines but is<br \/>\n  otherwise legitimate, we may try to contact the webmaster to correct their site. We contact<br \/>\n  webmasters <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/update-on-penalty-notifications\/\" title=\"via email\">via email<\/a> and,<br \/>\n  if they have a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/webmasters\/bin\/topic.py?topic=8472\" class=\"external-link\">verified site<\/a><br \/>\n  in Webmaster Tools, we can also send them a note through the<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/webmasters\/bin\/answer.py?answer=61504&amp;hl=en\" class=\"external-link\">Message Center<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Our goal is to deliver the most relevant results to users. We hope that our users and webmasters<br \/>\n  keep reporting spam sites, as it helps us to improve our algorithms and improve search quality.<br \/>\n  If you have questions about what&#8217;s spam, visit our Help Center or post your question in our<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/community\" class=\"external-link\">discussion group<\/a>.<br \/>\n  And, of course, if you find a spam site,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/report-spam-phishing-or-malware\/\">please let us know<\/a>!\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-author\">Posted by Jianfei Zhu, WebSpam Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we published this blog post. 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