Spam Check (Beta)

This tool(Beta) analyzes a web page, searching for characteristics that search engines could consider spam. If you don't know what "search engine spamming" , you can read What is considered spam?.

Please enter your full URL , including the http:// prefix. For example: http://www.yoursite.com/.

What is considered spam?

Pages created deliberately to trick the search engine into offering inappropriate, redundant, or poor-quality search results.

Techniques include:

• Keywords unrelated to site
• Redirects
• Keyword stuffing
• Mirror/duplicate content
• Tiny Text
• Doorway pages
• Link Farms
• Cloaking
• Keyword stacking
• Gibberish
• Hidden text
• Domain Spam
• Hidden links
• Mini/micro-sites
• Page Swapping (bait &switch)
• Typo spam and cyber squatting

Spam Techniques To Avoid

• Invisible Text. Text that is the same color as the background pages; enables site owner to place more keywords on the page and attract more spiders.
• Keyword Stuffing. Pretty much what it sounds like. Keyword stuffing consists of placing as many relevant or irrevelant keywords and phrases as you possibly can in content and Meta tags.
• Unrelated Keywords. If you have a site about Depression era glass bowls and your keywords include "Viagra", that would be considered unrelated keywords.
• Doorway Pages. Doorways are pages optimized only for search engine spiders in order to attract more spiders, thus more users. Usually optimized for just one word or phrase and only meant for spiders, not users.
• Tiny Text/Alt Text. Tiny text consists of placing keywords and phrases in the tiniest text imaginable all over your site. Most people can't see them, but spiders can. Alt text spamming is stuffing the alt text tags (for images) with unrelated keywords or phrases.
• Mirror or Duplicate Sites. Don’t duplicate your site, name it something different, and submit it again. This is not only ill advised, but it borders on stupid. Search engines will know if you do this.
• Submitting Repeatedly. Submitting your site to a search engine or directory repeatedly in a short period of time is a great way to get your site banned, or at least delayed.