Key Trends in Impacted Websites:
— Excessive advertisements that disrupt usability.
— Overabundance of affiliate links without substantial content.
— Inadequate E-E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness).
— Overuse of SEO-driven keywords and templated elements.
— Low-quality, superficial product reviews lacking real product usage.
— Usage of stock photos instead of original images showcasing personal experience.
— Extensive utilization of AI-generated content with minimal human oversight.
Impacted Site Categories:
Gaming
— Intrusive advertising and irritating interstitials.
— Low-quality AI-generated responses to numerous questions.
— Superficial YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) content lacking proper E-E-A-T.
Niche Blogs & Product Review Sites
— Intrusive advertising and excessive affiliate links with low-quality content.
— Non-original images sourced from social media indicating a lack of personal experience.
— High proportion of AI-generated content, including reviews.
— Absence of niche specialization and thematic expertise.
— Keyword stuffing and focus on individual long-tail keywords per page.
MP3 Downloads, Ringtones, Lyrics
— High percentage of AI-generated content.
— Lack of substantial primary content beyond titles and embedded elements.
— Poor user experience with confusing navigation and deceptive download buttons.
— Artificial date updates to use the current year in titles.
Travel
— AI-generated content without personal destination experience.
— Common stock photos instead of original ones.
— Aggressive advertising and general affiliate links that divert attention from the main content.
— Superficial content lacking original insights for specific destinations.
Information & Research
— One-page-per-question approach using public data without adding original value.
— High percentage of AI-generated content.
— Poor user experience and slow page load times.
Technology & Software
— Superficial affiliate-oriented content pushing users to click links.
— Manual interventions and page deindexing due to pure spam.