Head of Google’s web spam team, Matt Cutts, went on record on those sites that rank well for all those random phone numbers. You know, the ones that simply list thousands of phone numbers on a single page? He said it is spam, keyword stuffing and is against Google’s guidelines.

Matt Cutts said:

Of course, it is hard to argue with that. I personally hate sites that show up in Google’s search results with this information. But it is happening right this second.

Here is a picture of one of many examples:

Is this a new penalty? Will Google be going after sites like this now? Matt makes it sound like it is nothing new. He wrote later on:

But they run rampant in Google’s search results – so maybe something is going to happen soon with it?

Forum discussion at Google+.