Site security and violationsUse of SEO texts
An SEO text, in Yandex’s definition, is text written for the indexing bot rather than the reader. The violation is…
Site security and violations
Unexpected redirects
Unexpected redirection is search spam in which the visitor ends up on a third-party site they did not choose to…
Site security and violationsMimicry
Mimicry is a site copying the appearance or function of a well-known or official resource — a company, a government…
Site security and violationsCloaking
Cloaking is showing different content to users than to indexing bots. Yandex’s definition is broader than the classic case and…
Site security and violationsUnwanted software
Yandex flags a site for unwanted software when it finds dangerous or unwanted programs — or links to them —…
Site security and violationsSocial engineering and deception
Social engineering is deception aimed at extracting money or sensitive data — card details, credentials, phone numbers — from ordinary…
Site security and violationsFraudulent activity
Fraudulent activity covers a site deliberately misleading users with false or distorted information that can cost them money or misrepresent…
Site security and violationsUseless content
Low-value content, in Yandex’s terms, is information that adds nothing for the reader and does not address their need. It…
Site security and violationsImitation of user actions
Imitation of user actions means artificially inflating a site’s search traffic to make it look popular and improve its ranking.…