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Google: Chrome Page Will Have PageRank Reduced Due To Sponsored Posts

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After reviewing its own sponsored post campaign , while Google says it feels there are no “remaining” violations of its guidelines, the search engine’s spam fighting team is going to reduce the PageRank value of the Google Chrome home page. From the statement Google sent me: We’ve investigated and are taking manual action to demote www.google.com/chrome and lower the site’s PageRank for a period of at least 60 days. We strive to enforce Google’s webmaster guidelines consistently in order to provide better search results for users. While Google did not authorize this campaign, and we can find no remaining violations of our webmaster guidelines, we believe Google should be held to a higher standard, so we have taken stricter action than we would against a typical site. Lower PageRank Value Doesn’t Equal Banning Currently, the page has a PageRank value of 9. The highest you c...

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@rachelwoohoo » 30 Jan '12, 11am
Bit late but... Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link] via @sengineland
@RimZZ1 » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
This is how I know having a SPONSORED or GUEST ARTICLE TAG is the worst!! - [link] #LinkBuilding
@RYPMarketing » 13 Jan '12, 6pm
RT @7Search: Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@TrevorSchain » 12 Jan '12, 9pm
Google/Chrome from #2 SERP for "Browser" to #73 for sketchy practices. Doesn't stop their #SEM monopoly on that KW: [link]
@DmitriyYurkiv » 11 Jan '12, 10am
Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link] с помощью @sengineland
@muarifer » 10 Jan '12, 3pm
RT @HasanYasar: Google kurallara uymadığı gerekçesiyle Chrome'a ceza vermiş [link]
@650Solutions » 10 Jan '12, 2am
[SEO Self-flaggelation] Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@AlexandraOstrow » 09 Jan '12, 2pm
"If Google can’t keep track of its own rules, what hope is there that 3rd parties R supposed to figure it all out?" [link]
@TheAppTimes » 09 Jan '12, 1pm
RT @klaptrap: Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link] via @sengineland
@halilweb » 08 Jan '12, 7pm
Google'ın kendisi parayla link satın alırsa... [link] via @sengineland
@sengineland » 08 Jan '12, 5pm
Weekend Review: Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@capirgotech » 08 Jan '12, 3am
Google broke thier own rules and are now punishing themselves. [link]
@Amber_M_Johnson » 07 Jan '12, 4pm
Search 4 “browser” no longer brings up #GoogleChrome- Google applied penalty bc of @Google’s sponsored post campaign [link]
@PapyRoller » 07 Jan '12, 4pm
RT @NeoSting: Chrome : on n'est jamais aussi bien servi que par soi-même #panda [link]
@NeoSting » 07 Jan '12, 3pm
Chrome : on n'est jamais aussi bien servi que par soi-même #panda [link]
@MarianSander » 06 Jan '12, 9pm
Now that's some consistent brand behaviour by @Google: [link]
@whatcomweb » 06 Jan '12, 8pm
Funny. [link]
@foleyatwork » 06 Jan '12, 8pm
Humble pie? Saving face? Either way, Google is attempting to hold itself to the same standard it holds other to. [link]
@chronum » 06 Jan '12, 6pm
Chrome понизили PR Dura lex, sed lex [link]
@annrafalko » 06 Jan '12, 6pm
If Google can't even follow it's own effing rules, how am I supposed to?? [link]
@GingerMonkeysUK » 06 Jan '12, 5pm
#Google having problems with promoting its #Chrome browser, they have had to penalise their-selves [link]
@vikipedia77 » 06 Jan '12, 12pm
You screw up, you own up... Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@statisticjunky » 06 Jan '12, 11am
RT @nsardi: @Google, stop hitting yourself. Does that hurt? [link]
@bramloquet » 06 Jan '12, 8am
Google redused the pagerank of its own Chrome page. [link]
@AvinashBabu » 06 Jan '12, 8am
Google for 'browser', and if you are wondered why Chrome isn't in the top search results, read this [link]
@3CocktailLunch » 06 Jan '12, 2am
I'm slow with this but since I tweeted first story here's follow up (thx @MOberender): Chrome Not Ranking After Penalty [link]
@cben » 06 Jan '12, 1am
RT @DavidParis: Google is punishing itself for violating their own terms for promoting Chrome [link]
@DavidParis » 06 Jan '12, 12am
Google is punishing itself for violating their own terms for promoting Chrome [link]
@shailesh » 06 Jan '12, 12am
Comical --> Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@lesliesamuel » 05 Jan '12, 11pm
Wow, Google Penalized its own Browser Chrome. Who's to say they won't do it to you? Build a BUSINESS! [link] via @sengineland
@johngarrettX » 05 Jan '12, 11pm
Damn, Google -->Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@DoctorHu » 05 Jan '12, 10pm
Google breaks Googles Rules, so Google penalizes Google. #ReplacePartsOfSpeechWithGoogle #AlsoTrue [link]
@siliconvallaeys » 05 Jan '12, 8pm
SEO Tip: Don't buy links, doing so can get your site penalized. Google's own Chrome site found that out the hard way: [link]
@AlainLepine » 05 Jan '12, 4pm
Belle éthique : Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link] via @sengineland
@ariftopcu » 05 Jan '12, 3pm
Google kendisini de cezalandırabiliyor. Chrome belli bir süre "browser" arama sonucunda çıkarılmayacak: [link]
@l___I » 05 Jan '12, 2pm
Browser എന്ന് സെര്‍ച് ചെയ്താ ക്രോമിന്റെ പൊടി പോലും കിട്ടുന്നില്ലെന്ന്.. [link]
@eric_andersen » 05 Jan '12, 2pm
Fascinating – @Google "takes manual action," reduces the PageRank value of Google Chrome's home page! [link]
@VividAscent » 05 Jan '12, 2pm
@GoogleChrome has sunk to the 7th page of @Google for certain keywords due to policy violations. Interesting! [link]
@zepinkelephant » 05 Jan '12, 1pm
integrity brings trust (very good google) [link]
@K_J_Designs » 05 Jan '12, 1pm
I still cant figure out why Google downgraded the Page rank for Chrome. [link]
@SherrieRose » 05 Jan '12, 1pm
RT @LikesUp: Google bans Chrome [link]
@rockylewis » 05 Jan '12, 1pm
RT @sagerock: This research is gold: Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@sagerock » 05 Jan '12, 1pm
This research is gold: Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty [link]
@ApogeeInvent » 05 Jan '12, 12pm
Just a little backlash from breaking their own ranking rules. SEO is tricky, even for the search engines. [link]
@wioletakawecka » 05 Jan '12, 12pm
Google Executes Its Zero Tolerance For Sponsored Links Policy -Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Penalty [link]
@priyapmr » 05 Jan '12, 12pm
Google docks Chrome in search results - [link] | RT: @bayareasea
@mikaellindstrom » 05 Jan '12, 10am
[link] Google ger sin egen sida straff för att ha köpt sponsored posts. #svseo
@arthurjach » 05 Jan '12, 10am
Hahahahahaha HA! [link] #google
@sangyastha » 05 Jan '12, 10am
“@PSwapan: Google Lowers the Pagerank of #Chrome since the issue of paid-posts [link] fo @google”
@PSwapan » 05 Jan '12, 10am
Google Lowers the Pagerank of #Chrome since the issue of paid-posts [link] fo @google