Reporting Spam Web Sites to the Search Providers
Recent times have seen the major search engines
provide their users with facilities to report spam web
sites.
Whilst at first glance this may seem like an underhanded thing to do, you might
want to ask yourself the following question:
”Is it fair for a small percentage
of web sites to get away with using Black Hat tactics
when most webmasters and online business owners play by
the rules?”
The fact is that search engines are forever
fighting a constant battle to provide their users with
the most relevant results possible.
To achieve this, their algorithms are frequently updated
to guard against the latest spamming tactics and users
are given the opportunity to report inaccurate results
for investigation.
This should by no means be seen as an
invitation to put the boot in with your competitors.
Indeed, that would not work, since every report is thoroughly
investigated and action (such as the banning of a site
from the index) is only taken if the site in question
proves to be using unethical methods.
Also, reporting spam
web sites is not simply an activity for web masters or
business owners to deal with unfair competitors, it is
primarily a facility for users confronted with unsatisfactory
results to bring these to the search engine’s attention
thus helping in the ongoing fight against spam.
Listed
below, you will find a list of search engine pages where
users may report spam web sites:
Please remember that this is not a reason to
go on the warpath with your competitors; that sort of
action is likely to do very little aside from doing
you and your own web site far more harm than good.
Ultimately,
reporting spam web sites has to be about improving visitor
experience and providing relevant answers to search engine
user enquiries.
It should also encourage you to ensure that your site
is constructed according to the accepted standards and
does not make use of any methods which could be construed
as spam by the major search providers.
Reporting spam web sites paves the way for better web
design
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