Google’s
Matt Cutts announced that Google is working on a search ranking penalty for sites that are “over-optimized” or “overly SEOed.” ... Cutts said the new over optimization penalty will be introduced into the search results in the upcoming month or next few weeks. The purpose is to “level the playing field,” Cutts said. To give sites that have great content a better shot at ranking above sites that have content that is not as great but do a better job with SEO. Here is the audio clip,...
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