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Have you contacted Google with you question yet? I would imagine if enough people ask them about this, they would have to come up with a solution somehow. Per

by VuongN 15y ago

Have you contacted Google with you question yet? I would imagine if enough people ask them about this, they would have to come up with a solution somehow. Perhaps you might start a campaign requesting Google to provide a tool for legitimate businesses and companies to "migrate" their .cc traffic to a new domain name. Again, it wouldn't happen if you don't ask and if you don't ask, it would never happen. If there are enough people asking --> publicity --> Google will answer. But sometimes, all it takes for things to change is one person. That person can be you :)

beatpanda 15y ago
Yes, I have, but Google makes it especially difficult to direct a message to an actual person as opposed to a message board. I figured it was more likely they would catch wind of the complaint if it was here.
- tomjen3 15y ago
  Harras Matt Cutts here (http://www.mattcutts.com/ http://www.mattcutts.com/) (in a nice way, obviously). He is the head of search quality at Google.
- Matt_Cutts 15y ago
  beatpanda, if you haven't seen this article in Technology Review, it's a good read: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ and discusses co.cc. It's definitely the case that we saw a ton of spam on co.cc, which is one of the reasons why I posted at https://plus.google.com/u/0/109412257237874861202/posts/eanXpZKMDSf https://plus.google.com/u/0/109412257237874861202/posts/eanX... to remind people that if we see enough spam on a freehost, that can affect the reputation for the entire domain and result in us taking action on that freehost. It remains to be seen to what degree co.cc can remove or clean the amount of spam on their domain. In the mean time, if you want to have a long-term presence on the web that's also in Google's index, you could get your own domain name or check out other freehosts such as WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, Posterous, etc.
  - beatpanda 15y ago
    Props to you for getting back to me. I'm not mad, and this isn't even the first time being on co.cc has bitten me in the ass, so maybe now's a good time to move on. What about 301 redirects though? Am I going to be penalized for directing traffic from the old domain to a new one?

by VuongN 15y ago

beatpanda 15y ago

Yes, I have, but Google makes it especially difficult to direct a message to an actual person as opposed to a message board. I figured it was more likely they would catch wind of the complaint if it was here.

tomjen3 15y ago
Harras Matt Cutts here (http://www.mattcutts.com/ http://www.mattcutts.com/) (in a nice way, obviously). He is the head of search quality at Google.
Matt_Cutts 15y ago
beatpanda, if you haven't seen this article in Technology Review, it's a good read: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ and discusses co.cc. It's definitely the case that we saw a ton of spam on co.cc, which is one of the reasons why I posted at https://plus.google.com/u/0/109412257237874861202/posts/eanXpZKMDSf https://plus.google.com/u/0/109412257237874861202/posts/eanX... to remind people that if we see enough spam on a freehost, that can affect the reputation for the entire domain and result in us taking action on that freehost. It remains to be seen to what degree co.cc can remove or clean the amount of spam on their domain. In the mean time, if you want to have a long-term presence on the web that's also in Google's index, you could get your own domain name or check out other freehosts such as WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, Posterous, etc.
- beatpanda 15y ago
  Props to you for getting back to me. I'm not mad, and this isn't even the first time being on co.cc has bitten me in the ass, so maybe now's a good time to move on. What about 301 redirects though? Am I going to be penalized for directing traffic from the old domain to a new one?