A DigitalPoint Forum thread has a copy of a email sent to a webmaster for violating Google’s webmaster guidelines. The email specifically shows the webmaster which guidelines they are breaking, in this case, hiding text.

Here is a copy of the email:

Google specifically emailed this webmaster because they thought it was done by a third party, i.e. a hack. Google wrote in the email, “this appears to be because your site has been modified by a third party.” Google then informed the webmaster that in order to protect the safety of the Google searcher, they have removed the infected website temporarily.

It is nice to see specific examples of this in real life, so I thought it would be nice to share with you all.

Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums.