I knew the day would come that Google would start self-banning. Or at least that something would trigger a ban by accident or something. But I was trying to get to Google Translate and I got these results for the keywords “translate” and “google translate” (keep in mind that Google Translate used to be #1 for both):
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This just goes to show that, for all of the paranoid SEOs out there, Google is not always out to get you. Sometimes they’re out to get themselves too.
They appear to have fixed it.
Maybe they read your site. Or they’re just messing with your head.
Interesting post. I agree with Dalke. Maybe it was just a Google dance.