> "webmasters need to be told if their site is under a penalty, as there
> is to much guess work going on and theories are being made up. I
> suggest maybe having some thing in the tools with different level of
> penalties 1-5 with one being a minor penalty and 5 being the most
> extreme. Each penalty could have a generic explanation next to it.
> What do you think? Most of the questions in this forum are related to
> penalties and most of the answers from what I have seen dont really
> help, as they are personal opinions. So people who dont really have a
> penalty all of a sudden start changing things that dont need to be
> changed."

> And it would be great if we had some place to address the issue with
> someone at Google, if we knew what the issue was, and got feedback.

> On Sep 24, 8:44 am, Admin Aaron wrote:

> > Question:

> > What are some appropriote ways to use the nofollow tag other than to
> > protect against blog comment spam?

> > Thanks!

> > On Sep 24, 2:12 am, Adam Lasnik wrote:

> > > Thought I'd try something new here, and the team's backing me up on it
> > > (brave souls!)

> > > Got questions?  We've got answers:  at least five (5) substantive
> > > responses to your picks on webmaster'y topics over the next two weeks.

> > > We invite you to ask questions in this thread that:
> > > - don't deal with a specific site or sites
> > > - are likely to be of interest to a great many webmasters around the
> > > world
> > > - aren't already covered in one of our recent blog posts or in our
> > > Help Center

> > > And in turn we will do one of the following for each response:
> > > - Start a thread in this group with a detailed answer.
> > > - Add new Help Center documentation or substantially revise an
> > > existing doc to cover your question.
> > > - Do a blog post on the topic.

> > > Some ground rules:
> > > - Please don't get into in-depth discussion on each question in this
> > > thread; instead, kindly start a separate thread (and feel free to
> > > point there from this thread!)
> > > - Understand that -- unless we inexplicably get fewer than five
> > > questions here -- we're not going to be able to answer everything/
> > > everyone in this thread.
> > > - Webmaster'y questions or specific suggestions on topics to explore
> > > are welcomed... but not wish lists, okay? (e.g., "I wish Webmaster
> > > Tools stats were updated hourly!" and "Can we see more photos of
> > > Matt's Cats please?" do not count!)

> > > We'll continue to answer site-specific questions in other threads, but
> > > we thought it'd be interesting to tackle some broader/more-general
> > > themes separately.  And we'll see how this works out.  If it bombs,
> > > well, we tried.  If it rocks, then we'll consider doing it again!

> > > Have a great week everyone, and we'll look forward to seeing your
> > > questions here.