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pSEO and Google’s spam policies

By SEO Pages team · Updated · How we work

Google doesn’t penalize pages for being made from templates. It acts against pages made primarily to manipulate rankings without helping users, which is exactly what lazy programmatic SEO produces.

Policies that matter

Policy What it targets How pSEO trips it
Scaled content abuse Many pages generated mainly to rank, with little value: however they’re produced Mass pages with swapped keywords or unreviewed AI text
Doorway abuse Many similar pages that funnel users to one destination City pages that all say the same thing
Thin content Pages with little original value Templates with one data point and boilerplate

How to stay on the right side

  1. Unique data per page: the core of the answer should change.
  2. Exclude thin combinations rather than publishing them.
  3. Review AI-written text and make sure it adds something beyond the data.
  4. Launch in waves and watch indexing and engagement.
  5. Prune pages that don’t perform.
  6. Show sources and update dates for factual data.

Score your template with our quality checklist.

Frequently asked questions

Is AI-generated content against Google’s rules?

Google says how content is produced matters less than whether it’s helpful; using automation primarily to manipulate rankings is a violation.

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