Google Signals Upcoming Algorithm Change, Asks For Help With Scraper Sites

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Google Signals Upcoming Algorithm Change, Asks For Help With Scraper Sites
by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land
Aug 26, 2011

Google is calling for help in identifying a long-running problem: scraper sites in its search results ? and particularly scraper sites that are ranking higher than the original page. Matt Cutts, the head of Google?s spam fighting group, put out the call for help on Twitter this morning:

Scrapers getting you down? Tell us about blog scrapers you see: http://goo.gl/S2hIh We need datapoints for testing.​

The link leads to a Google Doc form that asks for the exact query where there?s a ?scraping problem,? along with the exact URLs of the original and scraper pages. The form explains that Google ?may use data you submit to test and improve our algorithms.?

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