Game hack CPA site deindexed

[royalredover]

I got 2 sites. One got deindexed weeks ago and one still alive. So Sad.

 

[DEFINE]

Super crazy niche.

I have few websites that are 3 years old and still on #1, no penalty, no drop, but some newer got hit. Don't know what's the reason. It can be locker thing since all of the sites are pretty much the same.

 

[graham25s]

I noticed when i search for "GAME_NAME hack" too, i only get to see about 5 pages out of thousands of results, this is definately new.

 

[ambushiv11]

I noticed when i search for "GAME_NAME hack" too, i only get to see about 5 pages out of thousands of results, this is definately new.

I've checked others keywords as well, not related to game hacks or anything like that and it's the same. Weird stuff going on with Google these days.

 

[limez]

What's your site?

 

[graham25s]

@ambushiv11 damn i was hoping it was just me lol

 

[soa0611]

I noticed when i search for "GAME_NAME hack" too, i only get to see about 5 pages out of thousands of results, this is definately new.

Yeah , 5 pages for hacks. But normal for other KWs

 

[sam3724]

Honestly I believe this is becoming a churn and burn thing if that makes sense. If you do these niche's, your domain may live for a while. However, it will eventually be penalized. It's obviously not stable at this point as hundreds of domains were penalized. And the fact that there's little to no results under these terms proves itself that they are definitely being targeted.

I personally wouldn't risk the effort or even think about investing into this because you never know when your site may be penalized. Right now, I am unsure of certain terms whether they're blacklisted or if they're on a "Google Watch List" for penalization. I wouldn't bother touching it for awhile unless you have the money to blow on it for testing purposes.

Supercell did it. 3 of my sites got DMCA, they simply report hack sites to google.

So many flaws. If someone is giving a free download than wouldn't that flag too? Couldn't a lot of these legit sites get deindexed. If it was that simple than they would have done it in go(their c based lang) by now which is amazing for things like this.

You can say bye to these sites. The niche seems more for churn&burn which on the other hand has become much harder on Google.

Supercell or another third party that does this on their behalf? I've seen others saying about DMCAs.

so only clash of clans game

Go big or go home on this shit

Feb 10th, all hell broke loose.
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Edit: Biggest problem with the games hacks niche is that they are inherent spam. They literally don't provide anything. The offers don't exist, the hacks aren't real, and they only exist to get people to complete CPA offers.

Homeopathic medicine, legal "steroids," sleazy cam sites, affiliate sales for bestpocketpussies.us, etc -- set up original, legible content with moderately clean links and you can rank totally fine long or longer term, because the thing you sell exists.

How the fuck can you expect to avoid penalties with a fake games hacks site that has no actual product? Makes no difference how well the site is designed when the offer is inherently spam because it doesn't exist.

I think is very easy for Google detect it. All these types of webs have "hack", "cheat" in his domain. Also have content locker from ogads , cpagrip..
Same structure.
-How to get x free gems?
-How to use the x gems tool?
- Its safe use x gems tool?
...

Someday they had to start

Mine also got hit since 6 Feb. But a week ago the site showed up at #24 for a keyword that never rank before. Unfortunately it didn't stay for long and has been gone for days since.

Sorry about your loss OP, there is not much you can do at this point but create a new one.

Because of your thread I remembered I found a 50k monthly search hack keyword with no competition a while back but I didn't do anything with it yet.

I know this might be off topic but would you recommend going with CPI or content lockers for this?

Mine has no penalties. Just ranks going haywire.

The same with my website - deindexed. Google officialy started a war with fake hack websites.

This makes me want to test this lol.

Guys honestly, what do you expect. CPA gaming hack sites are utterly spam in the eyes of Google. Some guys even only put a generator on there.

The real question is: How did they change the algorithm? Will they now deindex/penalize websites directly after a few days?

I made a gaming hack websites 4 days ago and it just got deindexed today. It was not ranked at all. Also it was on a brand new domain. Very fishy things are going on here.

Yeah bought some links before

Oh, it was. I build exactly three Web 2.0 manually and one PBN link. The website got 100% unique content. They must have a filter or something like that, otherwise I can't explain it to myself. Again, it was a brand new domain. Even if I would do something "stupid", it wouldn't take a few days to get hit with a penalty. It would take at least a few weeks on a brand new domain. There is definitely something fishy going on.

By the way I still got 4 money sites in the gaming hack niche running. Two of them are multi-niche sites. So far they survived. The penalties of the competition gave my websites an incredible boost.

I think is a mix between people (competitors) mass reporting and companies tired of getting their brand abused with these hack generator, also Google might have blacklisted some keywords kinda like they did with Youtube, like when your videos get taken down even if they're private or unlisted.

It baffles me that people seem oblivious to these very simple FACTS !
I mean how can you even ask why these things happen to these types of sites and seem genuinely surprised when they do, and your only rationalization for what seems like complete confusion or more likely Denial is ...
"Well I been getting away with it"
It's called a CRACKDOWN!... I mean the copyright stuff is bad enough but at least in a lot of cases the something sought or promised is actually Given even if it is not yours to give.
But with the fake hack shit there are no such intentions to give anything..IT IS A STRAIGHT UP FRAUDULENT ACT..A JACK MOVE! You know what happens to people in some less than reputable businesses that pull of this kinda shit...That's right! THAT !! ..but in this case It's just a bunch of pissed of people probably looking for a way to get back at the publisher for doing this to them,wasting their time for nothing lol. I mean of course there are those rare savy publishers who at least run these type of shiest campaigns with a bit of forethought, maybe make the person think they're not doing something right or the hacker malfunctioned or something, but most do no such thing. So that brings us to where we currently stand.
When something is as poisonous and destructive to a particular industry as these Fake Hacks Bullshit are it's only a matter of time before even those who once used that type of thing as a "means to an end" starts to realize it's not in the best interest in the overall big scheme of things. And thing is some who have earned a nice piece of change and can afford to start running more healthier, legitimate campaigns still chose not to. That baffles me even more. I mean I can If not agree with, understand how some of those just starting out might choose this path, but those who know better, those who clearly understand the damage this is doing, how it's changing the landscape of what we do here. I mean you'd have to be an idiot to think advertisers wouldn't sooner or later start taking drastic measures to start combating this, and those Networks who covertly allow it just so they can sooner or later JACK the publisher out of one of those final juicy paychecks in the name of Breaking T.O.S....You know, Like what adsense does eventually lol..Those networks are at the root cause as well ..GREED IS A BITCH THO!
You know in some Industries or markets when a bunch of people see something that is damaging to their Livelihood they can in some cases develop a posse like mentality to snuff out that which is a detriment to the whole of things..Soooooo, lol, don't always think it's the higher ups who are reporting and disrupting these lawless operations..sometimes it's the least person you expect..Not your competition or anything like that, I mean That too of course, but I think it's getting to the point where this thing is getting to be viewed in such a bad light that there probably is a uprising of whistle-blowers on the mount who figure they have no other choice..I'm just saying. Not that I would ever think of doing something like that, just not in my pedigree, Just saying I could see why some would..

PEACE OUT BOTHERS AND SISTERS!

I got 2 sites. One got deindexed weeks ago and one still alive. So Sad.

Super crazy niche.

I have few websites that are 3 years old and still on #1, no penalty, no drop, but some newer got hit. Don't know what's the reason. It can be locker thing since all of the sites are pretty much the same.

I noticed when i search for "GAME_NAME hack" too, i only get to see about 5 pages out of thousands of results, this is definately new.

@ambushiv11 damn i was hoping it was just me lol

Yeah , 5 pages for hacks. But normal for other KWs

Thanks everyone for pitching in and sharing your views.

I see that many have been affected. So, Google is coming after these sites now. Hadn't seen such a big hit before.

I have 4 sites in total and 2 have been deindexed. Another one still ranks #3 for the main keyword.

What I could find in common is both sites have "hack" in the domain name itself which were deindexed and they were ranking. Have another 2 sites which aren't ranking yet and haven't been deindexed.

The site which ranks on #3 has "cheats" in the domain name and has 1300-1500 odd searches only. The ones which got hit had 10k+ on multiple keywords and were ranking on #3-#5. Don't know if they just put a hammer on the "hack" ones.

Yeah, this is not a stable niche and I am not here to whine upon the lost ones. This is churn and burn. Yes, its somewhat unethical too if you say but the guy who searches for hacks isnt the best person in the world, lol. So, its like scamming a scammer!

Well, will just let go and focus on affiliate and other authority projects for now till everything is stable and Google lowers its heat.

 

[royalredover]

Yes. Use those money to invest on some legal niche. I'm doing too.

 

[caffelatte]

I wonder if it stops or it will be autimatically 'scanned' by google. I'm trying to publish new sites, created 5 different websites in different styles, two got banned after one week.

 

[umerjutt00]

Damn.. This looks like some serious shit. Good thing I moved away from game hack sites

 

[sam3724]

I wonder if it stops or it will be autimatically 'scanned' by google. I'm trying to publish new sites, created 5 different websites in different styles, two got banned after one week.

Were all having the keyword "hack" in the domain?

 

[Total Noob]

Were all having the keyword "hack" in the domain?

I don't think that's it. Looking at a few big content locking keywords like "madden mobile hack", a domain with hack in it is still top 5.

For content locking keywords, I usually managed to stay safe with:

OK content. If your content is absolute garbage you can get hit just because of that. You don't need $5/100 words stuff, but making sure your keyword stuffing makes sense is big. Split your page into 3 sections - 1 goes over the hack/free stuff, one goes over the game in general, and one goes over download options and stuff. Talk about the content locking stuff but also talk about more general terms related to the keyword.

Legit URL. Instead of maddenmobilehackss838.org, try maddencoinfreak.com. Add a sidebar, add a logo, don't make it just a wall of text.

Content locker offsite. If you NEED to put it on the same website, make the link nofollow, and make the locker page nofollow and noindex. Offsite is better.

Also keep in mind that some niches are simply unrankable due to DMCAs. "house of fun free coins" is an example of this.

That being said, I have no idea if the above will help with what's going on, as I haven't had any active content locking sites up in about half a year. Would recommend comparing your penalized and non-penalized sites to see what may have caused the penalty. Just by looking at big content locking keywords it appears there was a bit of a shakeup, but plenty of people are still ranking.

 

[sam3724]

I don't think that's it. Looking at a few big content locking keywords like "madden mobile hack", a domain with hack in it is still top 5.

Yes, some of mine which weren't ranking are also live but the ones which were in Top 10 with "hack" in it are gone for good. "Cheats" ones are still ranking and live though.

There definitely has been a huge ban wave and maybe a comparative analysis of bans can get a conclusion.

 

[hippo123]

Are these fake game hack sites even legal? Especially with Pin submits.

 

[Total Noob]

Yes, some of mine which weren't ranking are also live but the ones which were in Top 10 with "hack" in it are gone for good. "Cheats" ones are still ranking and live though.

There definitely has been a huge ban wave and maybe a comparative analysis of bans can get a conclusion.

Interesting.

Are these fake game hack sites even legal? Especially with Pin submits.

Probably more unethical, though illegal in terms of copyright. I think most people are running app downloads these days instead of pin submits, at least for USA traffic. So basically, a "hack" for something does not exist - you make a website and promise it exists, but the visitor has to download an app before accessing the hack. After the app is downloaded, you redirect them to something somewhat useful - e.g. a guide on how to get more coins legit - but no real hack. One of the shadier forms of monetization for sure, but very easy to get started with, as the visitors convert with zero effort from you.

 

[Ecodor]

Are these fake game hack sites even legal? Especially with Pin submits.

Who knows... xD

 

[hippo123]

Probably more unethical, though illegal in terms of copyright. I think most people are running app downloads these days instead of pin submits, at least for USA traffic. So basically, a "hack" for something does not exist - you make a website and promise it exists, but the visitor has to download an app before accessing the hack. After the app is downloaded, you redirect them to something somewhat useful - e.g. a guide on how to get more coins legit - but no real hack. One of the shadier forms of monetization for sure, but very easy to get started with, as the visitors convert with zero effort from you.

So technically, you are promising something in exchange for the user completing the offer, but the offer doesn't exist. That sounds like a scam, isn't?

Wonder if there's anyway to monetize this niche in a more "legal" approach?

 

[Ecodor]

Hey folks,

2 of my game hack CPA sites have been deindexed in 2 consecutive days. I saw another post on Google support forum reporting the same.

Was there a ban hammer? Is there a possibility to recover them?

I have added one of them to webmaster tools but dont see any messages yet.

I must ask what was your domain name for the sites does it contained to word 'hack' or 'cheat' or 'generator'?

 

[aidenhera]

So technically, you are promising something in exchange for the user completing the offer, but the offer doesn't exist. That sounds like a scam, isn't?

Wonder if there's anyway to monetize this niche in a more "legal" approach?

you would actually have to create hacks that hack multiplayer games and inject your modified values. thats even more illegal.