Google Web Spam Team Reportedly Hits Sites with Thin Content Manual Actions
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-08-13
Multiple SEO professionals have observed a recent wave of manual actions from Google's web spam team over the last four weeks. The actions appear to target a specific set of monitored sites flagged for 'thin content,' signaling a stricter crackdown on low-quality, potentially AI-generated material.
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