July 29, 2005
Google Purges Scraper Sites
Yesterday afternoon, GoogleGuy posted a reply [msn #16] at a WebmasterWorld saying:
I believe some scraper sites went out today. It's something that we're going to look more at over time, too.
This inspired a new thread at WebmasterWorld named Scraper Site Clearout Collateral Damage? Where members are upset that Google would deem their sites as "scraper sites."
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rustybrick in Google Optimization at July 29, 2005 10:28 AM
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This is sad. So what is the difference between scraper sites and aggregators. Yes, I've seen some sites that scrape and use the content like their own, but I've also seen and granted requests (to scrape my site) of scraper sites who basically work like aggregators - just not taking advantage of the XML feeds. Nothing wrong with that. Some of the best sites I use are topic-based aggregators and it would be a shame if Google banned them making it harder for people to find them.
Posted by Doug at July 31, 2005 19:46