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    • MacPaw
      MacPaw last edited by

      Hi Mozers,

      Below you can see some examples of spam ( hidden text and  sneaky redirects) which are in SERP for our branded keywords during last 3 months. Some of them occupy very high position in SERP (top 3/top5).

      https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&safe=off&biw=1883&bih=1028&q=%22your+mac+-%22%2B%22cleanmymac%22 

      1. I sent spam reports and I’m going to continue doing so. (~500 spam reports from personal and work google account)
      2. I contacting directly with some of the hacked sites (web-masters) and tried to help them to fix this issue, but it takes a lot of my time.

      But 3 months!? Can you give me any advice, what doing next?

      Thank you!

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        Just keep working.  This stuff comes and goes in some SERPs.  Focus on long term assets for your website.  Keep you eye on the ball.

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        • JonathanRolande
          JonathanRolande last edited by

          We have the same problem as well. They've been ranking for a long time with dodgy tactics.

          Totally agree with EGOL though, staying clean is the key, play long term!

          Lots of good signs in Webmasters with impressions and crawl stats 🙂

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          • MacPaw
            MacPaw last edited by

            Thank EGOL and Jazy,

            This was exactly what I needed to hear from you!

            "Keep you eye on the ball"

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