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You know that annoying kid who is constantly poking you on your back and asking the same annoying request over and over again? Well, Google said if you do that to them, at least via the Fetch as Google feature within Webmaster Tools, it won't lead to a penalty.
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster concerned that if he uses the fetch as Google feature too often, it might annoy GoogleBot too much and lead to Google ignoring his site completely.
Google's John Muller said in response, "there's no penalty for using "Fetch as Google" frequently."
The original question was posed as:
I am wondering if their is a penalty for using "Fetch as Google" too frequently. I have been using it a bunch, trying to tweak a page on my site to get it ranked better. At first it was very useful. Then, all of a sudden, it seemed like the more I used it the worse I was ranked. Can using this tool too much really hurt you?
John said no, but bad links and bad content can.
Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.
Comments:
Jawad Latif
09/24/2013 01:16 pm
So nice of Google :-p
Michael Martinez
09/24/2013 05:37 pm
Maybe that's because they limit its use. :)
guy
09/24/2013 06:35 pm
using google can lead to penalty??? ;-P
exGzZzgler
09/24/2013 08:03 pm
Not yet... don't give Google ideas, they love the word "Penalty".
Morgan Akchehirlian
09/25/2013 07:35 pm
Yes I want to use it most frequently especially for my new clients site but the point is FETCH AND INDEX is limited to 10 times only.
Gracious Store
09/26/2013 03:46 am
I'll be surprise if fetching as Google would lead to any penalty, otherwise why would Google had made such feature available to Webmasters
Mohammad Nasir
10/25/2013 02:22 am
Hi, My Fetch Remaining is showing around 500, what does that mean???