edgematch
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are u sure?
Digg Slapped by Google Panda
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Cshark
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Google is playing with sites like Digg. Maybe this goes out as a warning to those that are trying to outmaneuver Google. Google's got no heart!
But we all know Digg is too big to fail, even without google. So Google means business too. Why not just nibble a competitor a bit and scare him off from getting in to your game? It's worth taking a chance when you cannot make your competitor disappear overnight.
Game well played. Attaboy!
But we all know Digg is too big to fail, even without google. So Google means business too. Why not just nibble a competitor a bit and scare him off from getting in to your game? It's worth taking a chance when you cannot make your competitor disappear overnight.
Game well played. Attaboy!
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CosmicSoundz
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had nothing to do with robot.txt
not allowing google to read robot txt wouldnt not take out already crawled pages. it just prevents google from crawling it, not indexing it.
It was a error on googles part. They disavowed the entire site instead of the spammy links.
not allowing google to read robot txt wouldnt not take out already crawled pages. it just prevents google from crawling it, not indexing it.
It was a error on googles part. They disavowed the entire site instead of the spammy links.
JackSparrow
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If you read the title of this thread wrong it looks like 'Dick Slapped By Google Panda' LOL!
gtree
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nishantsarkar
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About 1,020,000 results (0.14 seconds)
Strike Alight
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Bold move. Schoolyard antics with corporations lololol
Captain Haddock
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I thing they already solves the problem. And its now showing on serp
ComputerEngineer
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it cant be related robots.txt
UPDATE2:
I have had a tweet from Matt Cutts, head of Google?s Webspam team where he references a post he made on Ycombinator, explaining the reason for Digg?s disappearance:
?We?re sorry about the inconvenience this morning to people trying to search for Digg. In the process of removing a spammy submitted link on Digg.com, we inadvertently applied the webspam action to the whole site. We?re correcting this, and the fix should be deployed shortly.
From talking to the relevant engineer, I think digg.com should be fully back in our results within 15 minutes or so. After that, we?ll be looking into what protections or process improvements would make this less likely to happen in the future.?
Some personal notes: Its fantastic that Google have taken the time to let the online community know what has happened, and we cant really hold any ill-will towards them for a human error, its a testament to their professionalism that this hasnt to my knowledge happened in the past, and we applaud their transparency in this matter. I guess the only concern for the average webmaster might be what would happen if this happened to their site, and didnt receive the kind of attention that this did.
Still, thank you Matt, and Google as an organisation for the clarification.
UPDATE2:
I have had a tweet from Matt Cutts, head of Google?s Webspam team where he references a post he made on Ycombinator, explaining the reason for Digg?s disappearance:
?We?re sorry about the inconvenience this morning to people trying to search for Digg. In the process of removing a spammy submitted link on Digg.com, we inadvertently applied the webspam action to the whole site. We?re correcting this, and the fix should be deployed shortly.
From talking to the relevant engineer, I think digg.com should be fully back in our results within 15 minutes or so. After that, we?ll be looking into what protections or process improvements would make this less likely to happen in the future.?
Some personal notes: Its fantastic that Google have taken the time to let the online community know what has happened, and we cant really hold any ill-will towards them for a human error, its a testament to their professionalism that this hasnt to my knowledge happened in the past, and we applaud their transparency in this matter. I guess the only concern for the average webmaster might be what would happen if this happened to their site, and didnt receive the kind of attention that this did.
Still, thank you Matt, and Google as an organisation for the clarification.
redrubies
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Exactly.
redrubies
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It seems very hard to believe that google wiped out a site instead of removing a spam link.
maecenas23
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If Google makes such childish mistakes, are we will wondering why good websites without any problems are banned for no reason? 
adeptbob
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I have to disagree with you. The "propaganda" on here is from users talking about shit they don't know. Then more people who don't know what they are talking about re-posting it.
Just like this thread...all conspiracy theories about how Google is out to get us, and how Matt Cutts is such a tool.
When it comes down to it, someone will always rank front page. The same core methods still work, and maybe needed some tweaking over the past couple updates.
