Google Shares Some Tips On How To Prevent Portions Of Your Site From Being Abused By Spam
https://developers.google.comDo you have some user interaction components in your website? Do you know these components could be easily abused by spammers? Check out some tips on how to prevent portions of your site from being abused by spam.
They share some examples of these pages, talk about how low-quality content on some parts of a website can impact the whole site’s ranking. How spammy content can potentially lead users to unwanted or even harmful content, such as sites with malware or phishing, which may lower the reputation of your site and more.
Some of the tips shared talk about
- Block automated account creation
- Turn on moderation features
- Monitor your site for spammy content and clean up any issues
- Identify and terminate spam accounts
- Prevent Google Search from showing or following untrusted content
- Consolidate your open platform content into a concentrated file path or directory
- etc
