Where has all the spam gone?

[AndySimpson]

okay, I think I might be seeing things but I haven't been checking for spam business listings for the past couple of weeks BUT I just had to check a listing for a client this morning as we had a spam fighting tactic planned a few weeks ago and I was just checking to see how bad it currently was. To my complete surprise (scratching head) I found just 1 "slightly" spammed out listing, but that was it.

Not exact example but you'll see below I am not seeing hardly any spam listings:

There's one listed below:

Nothing listed for "personal injury lawyer nyc", there were 1 or 2 when I zoomed in and out but nothing like it has been in the past.

I don't have much time to dig into this right now, hence this post, but just wanted to put it out there, has anyone else seen this reduction...or am I just having "one of those days"? I'd probably go with the latter...

Please let me know your findings, thank you.

 

[JoyHawkins]

I'll happily take credit. We have clients in both those cities and we do a lot of spam removal lol

But no, in reality, Google has definitely cleaned up a lot of spam in this industry. It's not like it was back in the spring.

 

[AndySimpson]

I'll happily take credit. We have clients in both those cities and we do a lot of spam removal lol

Thanks Joy, I'll give you a couple of other cities for you to take a look at

Also a big cleanup in Divorce Lawyers, I actually thought it was a mistake, hence the post...I'll dig a little more but good to see. TY!

 

[BenFisher]

The cleanup by Google is pretty massive actually. All I can say is everyone who was involved in the WSJ article should be proud. You know who you are.