Google Minus-950 Penalty: Does it Exist?
We recently recapped the Google Minus-30 penalty discussion going on at WebmasterWorld. The topic of Google ranking penalties that seem to indicate a pattern has been revived in a new thread by Administrator Tedster, who wants to get a better handle on what people are calling the minus-950 penalty. (WebmasterWorld seems to always get to name these kinds of things).
This topic is discussed in more detail in the WMW thread, but to summarize: the question is whether the minus-950 penalty is being applied only to specific pages or keyword results, as opposed to the minus-30 penalty which seems to affect an entire site.
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chrisboggs in Google Search Engine at January 12, 2007 9:29 AM
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You can find sites "penalized" for any number of spaces under the sun, it doesn't mean there is a specific penalty. WebMythWorld is well known for fostering these types of things, you should preface any such mention of them with "alleged" until someone actually provides proof or google provides direct confirmation. Otherwise all you have is coincidence, and as much coincidence exists for a minus 29 penalty, a minus 31 penalty, etc etc.
It is no different from the "Over Optimization Penalty" that WebMythWorld fostered after the Florida update, that was later said to be untrue by multiple Google reps.
Posted by Chris Beasley at January 12, 2007 10:38