User‑generated content (UGC) used to feel like a growth hack. Reviews piled up, comment counts looked impressive, and long‑tail keywords seemed to write themselves. But Google’s 2024 and 2025 spam policy updates quietly changed the rules—punishing thin, low‑quality, or reputation‑abuse pages just as harshly as outright link farms. If reader comments, forum threads, or third‑party… The post UGC SEO pitfalls: When user content hurts your rankings appeared first on The Blog Herald.
