Hidden text and keyword stuffing
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:43 am
How to remove the penalty
If you run a subscription site or have content behind a paywall/restricted content for members, Google recommends using structured data to tell the algorithm and human reviewers that you are not using cloaking or sneaky redirects to fool users and Googlebot.
In all other cases, use the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console to see your content as it is seen by Googlebot and by a user.
Whenever you notice differences, correct one of the two versions and remove any accidental chinese overseas british database redirects.
Once you have done this, you can request a re-review from Google.
Google has always frowned upon the black hat practices of hidden text and keyword stuffing because they clearly exist solely to manipulate search engines.
If you run a subscription site or have content behind a paywall/restricted content for members, Google recommends using structured data to tell the algorithm and human reviewers that you are not using cloaking or sneaky redirects to fool users and Googlebot.
In all other cases, use the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console to see your content as it is seen by Googlebot and by a user.
Whenever you notice differences, correct one of the two versions and remove any accidental chinese overseas british database redirects.
Once you have done this, you can request a re-review from Google.
Google has always frowned upon the black hat practices of hidden text and keyword stuffing because they clearly exist solely to manipulate search engines.