Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'adult'

Yesterday, I spotted a post in the Google Web Search Help threads from an individual who claims to be representing Rambha, a famous Indian actress. This person is looking for Google to remove a video from the Google search results...

Posted on August 20, 2009 8:16 AM

About a month ago, we reported that Google slapped the porn industry with a Google penalty of some sort. Soon after we reported the issue, Google seemed to have reversed the penalty on that industry. But we all thought it...

Posted on July 23, 2009 8:53 AM

On Monday we reported that Google spanked the adult porn industry by penalizing many of the sites. There were many theories as to why those sites were penalized. It wasn't all the adult sites that were penalized but a nice...

Posted on July 1, 2009 8:26 AM

I rarely cover how Google is treating the adult online industry. But I have noticed a thread at Google Webmaster Help forums that is pretty heated on the topic of Google penalizing hundreds of adult and pornographic web sites over...

Posted on June 29, 2009 8:57 AM

Last week, we reported for the first time of Google Gadget porn becoming an issue. Well, it is now more widespread then I have ever seen. A new Google AdSense Help thread reports seeing porn in home page of the...

Posted on May 14, 2009 8:33 AM

Almost two months ago, we asked, Should Google Search Suggestions Show Adult Suggestions? In short, Google, on occasion, showed search suggestion for porn/adult related phrases, as you typed your query. The example I gave then, was when you typed "you,"...

Posted on March 27, 2009 12:55 AM

A Google Web Search Help thread has an annoyed searcher who is upset Google's search box offers search suggestions for "youpron" when you type in the word "you." The easy solution is to turn off search suggestions in your search...

Posted on February 9, 2009 7:56 AM

Earlier this week, we had a webmaster ask how to tell Google that they have adult-themed images (mixed with regular images) and didn't want Google to filter out their site because of the few questionable images. Now, we're seeing a...

Posted on October 29, 2008 9:17 AM

US law requires an age verification page for when someone visits a web page about pornography, alcohol or other adult oriented pages. But this comes with a challenge for webmasters who want to make sure those pages are accessible to...

Posted on October 23, 2008 8:03 AM

When you're a webmaster, it's important to check your analytics to ensure that everything there is looking good. You can get a good sense of where your traffic is coming from, be it search traffic or uh, porn site traffic,...

Posted on May 14, 2008 9:14 AM

A Google Groups member wonders if adding sexual health tips can affect your AdSense ad acceptance since Google will treat them as an "adult" site. The answer is yes, it can. AdSensePro writes: A casually written blog about someone's cooking...

Posted on January 18, 2008 9:42 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread asks if Google will allow you to track your adult site using Google Analytics, Google's web analytics software. Everyone says, they believe so. While the Google Analytics terms of service does not specifically reject sites by...

Posted on May 28, 2007 7:16 AM

Last week, Ben spotted, and I reported on a Google OneBox Q&A Adult Spam. Matt Cutts confirmed the issue and said it has been fixed, which it appears to have been done. Matt said: I checked into this, and it...

Posted on September 25, 2006 7:12 AM

Ben Pfeiffer spotted possibly the first OneBox Q&A adult spam in the Google results, that I have personally seen. Ben posted the details in a Search Engine Watch Forums thread, describing the result set one gets for a search on...

Posted on September 19, 2006 6:56 AM