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Google replaces manual penalties for site reputation abuse with independent ranking system in Europe

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Google is replacing manual penalties for site reputation abuse in the European Economic Area with a system that allows affected site sections to rank independently.

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Google announced it is replacing site reputation abuse (parasite SEO) manual actions in the EEA with a new approach that permits affected sections of a site to rank independently, rather than applying blanket penalties. This shift changes how the search engine enforces its policy against third-party content hosted on established domains to artificially gain authority.

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