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cam · 05-02-2006, 08:04

saw this over on boingboing:

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BMW's German page has been expunged from Google's search-results, apparently in retaliation for BMW's use of sleazy "doorway pages" that display different content to search-engine crawlers in order to fool them into valuing those pages more highly. A Google employee has confirmed the "Google Death Penalty" for BMW on his blog.

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-02-04-n60.html

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/rampin...ional-webspam/

pgo · 05-02-2006, 12:36

Hahahaha. Serves 'em right.

Scott · 05-02-2006, 16:34

haha, they will probably end up sorting it out, then paying google a big fee to allow it back on

Brown · 05-02-2006, 16:57

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Originally Posted by BlueSteel

then paying google a big fee to allow it back on

i seriously hope that's not how it works.

cam · 06-02-2006, 04:53

I doubt it is. They'll get back on eventually by cleaning up their act

Stickman · 06-02-2006, 05:19

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The irony here is that BMW.de is a highly inaccessible site right from the front-page: a JavaScript-only navigation prevents access by certain browsers, browser settings or media (such as handheld browsers), and it also prevents search bots from effectively crawling the site. It might well be that BMW’s doorway pages were a reaction to the otherwise inaccessible site structure

That was time well spent.

roto · 06-02-2006, 12:41

They're also missing out on page rank increases now that all these sites are linking to them about this issue. How ironic.

Brown · 06-02-2006, 13:09

indeed, i bet that's what's really winding them up right now.

starsearcher · 09-03-2006, 21:52

BMW is back in action.

http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-6037123.html

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pgo i'm done, son Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,262	Hahahaha. Serves 'em right.

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cam vague™ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glasgow Posts: 5,120	I doubt it is. They'll get back on eventually by cleaning up their act

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,211	indeed, i bet that's what's really winding them up right now.

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