So the folks at Volkswagen were busted spamming Google using hidden text, a violation of Google's quality guidelines, but instead of being banned they got personalized Google tech support instead.
Barry Schwartz over at Search Engine Land pointed out that the VW of America site that I previously blogged about was including site keywords in an invisible div layer on site pages, which is not in keeping with Google site quality guidelines.
So the folks at Volkswagen were busted spamming Google using hidden text, a violation of Google's quality guidelines, but instead of being banned they got personalized Google tech support instead.
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