Gianfranco1Q: Google’s current spam policies let me questioning regarding the use of large-scale location page generation
Google rolled out the August 2026 Spam Update (18–21 August 2026). Google's spam policies also cover Scaled Content Abuse and Doorway Abuse – especially when many pages are generated with nearly identical content and only the location or keyword is changed.
Could you please let us know:
Are you monitoring the update's impact on pages created with your platform?
Are you planning updates or features to make mass-generated location pages more compliant?
Specifically: meaningful content variation per page, automatic quality checks, duplicate-content detection, noindex/sitemap controls, unique local content per location, or guidance on which pages should be indexed?
What do you recommend for users who have already generated hundreds or thousands of similar location pages?
SEO_Generator
Sep 18, 2026A: Hi. Thank you for reaching out.
Of course, we're always keeping an eye for Google's updates, including the August 2026 Spam Update.
It is important to note that Google's policies around scaled content and doorway pages are not new. Google regularly updates its spam-detection systems, but the underlying principle remains largely the same: generating pages at scale is not automatically considered spam. The problem is when pages are created primarily to manipulate search rankings and provide little or no additional value to visitors.
That is why our recommendation remains to focus on relevant, well-written, SEO-proof content that is genuinely useful to the visitor.
With SEO Generator, we strongly recommend using Spintax to introduce meaningful variation throughout your content instead of simply publishing hundreds or thousands of pages where only a city or keyword changes. Where possible, you can also add information that is specifically relevant to the location, service, audience, or search intent of that page.
For existing websites with hundreds or thousands of generated pages, we would not recommend removing or noindexing everything simply because the pages were generated at scale. Instead, review whether the pages offer useful content and whether they make sense as individual landing pages. Pages that are extremely thin, irrelevant, or provide virtually no additional value are the ones we would reconsider or improve.
At this point, we don't see the August update as requiring a fundamental change to how SEO Generator works. The important distinction is not manually created versus automatically generated content, but useful content versus content created primarily to manipulate rankings.
As always, SEO Generator is a tool: the quality and usefulness of the content you create with it remain important.
Kind regards,
Tim & Jeroen
SEO Generator