Does Google take user site blockings from Chrome as a spam signal?
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When you perform a search in Chrome, click through to a result, then hit "back", you get a nice little option to "Block all example.com results" listed next to the result from which you backed out. I am assuming Google collects this information from Chrome users whose settings allow them to? I am assuming this is a spam signal (in aggregate)? Anyone know?
Thanks!
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Glad I could help
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Actually that post is exactly the type of answer I was looking for. Thank you very much!
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I haven't seen Google issue any official statements regarding the Chrome blocking option, however, as this post suggests, they may be starting to incorporate user signals like this into their algo.
We know that Google takes spam reports issued from the Webmaster tools as a legitimate signal. But they still haven't assimilated those reports into the algo.
I wouldn't expect that the Chrome feature has much of a future as a signal to Google since it could be easily gamed and used as an espionage tool to wreck your competitors' ranking
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