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Site Reputation Abuse Policy

Google Search policy introduced in March 2024 and widened in November, aimed at third-party content hosted on established domains.

Known aliases

parasite SEO policy

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

invest1 distinct publisher

Google trades a ranking penalty in 30 markets for the absence of a DMA ruling

Suspending hand-applied demotions across the EEA costs Google no cash and one enforcement lever in 30 markets, which is a cheap price for keeping the policy intact everywhere else, provided the inquiry actually closes.

Publishers:cryptopolitan.com

Reality

Evidence27
Adoption18
Hype gap+34
Incentives62

product1 distinct publisher

Google splits its parasite SEO rulebook at the EU border

Manual demotions stop applying to searchers in 30 European countries on 30 August while the policy holds everywhere else, so the same sponsored page can rank two ways and EU publishers can switch a revenue line back on.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption38