In episode 17, I cover some huge visibility drops for sites that are violating Google's 'Site reputation abuse' spam policy. For example, some prominent sites are dropping over time including some of the largest publishers on the web. Over time, Google seems to have algorithmically hit large publishers with affiliate sections of their sites, including Forbes, Fortune, CNN Underscored, WSJ Buyside, Marketwatch Guides, and more. It makes you wonder if Google is testing its 'Site reputation abuse' algorithm update, or if other changes are impacting those sections strongly...
00:00 A Nightmare on Affiliate Street - Site Reputation Abuse and Large Publishers Dropping
01:32 Forbes Advisor drops.
03:05 APNews Buyline and Times Stamped dropped as well.
04:30 Fortune Recommends drops on October 11th.
06:15 More sites drop including Marketwatch Guides, WSJ Buyside, and CNN Underscored
07:40 Revisiting manual actions from May 2024 for 'Site reputation abuse"
08:35 Wrapping up, moving forward, and stay tuned for updates about this.
Here's the blog post with all the details: https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/a-nightmare-on-affiliate-street/
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