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Google Spam Policies
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SpamBrain on guard
"Google SpamBrain is a neural network trained on billions of spam examples. It spots patterns humans can't even see. One of the biggest 2024 patterns โ mass AI content creation without editorial review."
๐ Google Spam Policies โ rules whose violation leads to demotion or removal from the index. SpamBrain is the AI system for automatic spam detection.
Key Prohibited Practices
| Violation | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloaking | Different content for Google vs. users |
| Link schemes | Buying/selling/swapping links |
| Scaled content abuse | Mass useless content (including AI-generated) |
| Site reputation abuse | Parasite SEO on authoritative domains |
| Expired domain abuse | Buying old domains to manipulate link signals |
The principle: if an action is hidden from users or designed to manipulate search โ it violates Google's policies.
๐ฏ The test: ask yourself "If search engines didn't exist, would I still do this?" If no โ it's probably a violation.
๐ฎ Test yourself: how does Google classify mass AI content creation with no value?
Lesson Task
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