Posted by AdamMelson

Google has a lot of spam to battle and some acting against The Guidelines get away with hogging multiple page one spots with their multiple sites. I'm sick of it. How angry would you be if your client with their single site is going up against four sites getting the love from Google but they're all owned by the same company?

There are HUGE flags that give these kinds of jokesters away. After seeing multiple clients going up against this kind of spam, I wanted everyone to be able to discover if you're getting beat out on the first page by 10 companies or by one company owning several sites. Below is how to find them AND what you can do about it.

First, let's look at what Google has to say about the issue:

Alright, Google dislikes pages, subdomains, and domains with substantially duplicated content. Got it.

The next item taken right from Google Support is that users should "Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. A good rule of thumb is whether you'd feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that