Google ban BMW

[Mr_L]

I read about this on the train today, I don't know if anybody else has heard about it. It seems that Google has banned bmw.de for cheating a bit with it's keywords.

From what it looks like, the German websites of car maker BMW have been kicked out of the Google index. BMW.de at this time has a PageRank of 0. A search for BMW Germany, which only days ago yielded BMW.de as a top result, now doesn’t show any sign of BMW.de at all. Instead, BMW.com – BMW’s international site – is on top for this search.

More here.

 

[paulsheff]

That sounds pretty daft of BMW. What do you think Google would make of a site that detects the Googlebot and replaces a flash navigation bar with an exact but html equivalent?...

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[roboffer]

Yeah I stumbled on it a few times today. Blatent spamming and should be frowned upon.

 

[Gman]

the best thing is that their probably going to get more publicity now theve been cought, due to all the media attention

 

[Mr_L]

They'll only get more attention from e-geeks like us, but I'm sure there are a few of us with some money to burn on a nice shiny car.