Crawler - Comprehensive Website Spam and Compliance Detection Tool
Project Overview
The project focused on creating a website designed to assist website owners in detecting spam or invalid content, ensuring compliance with platforms like Google AdSense. The tool provides essential features for optimizing website performance and content quality, targeting both novice and experienced site owners. With premium functionalities such as ad slot suggestions, IP detection, traffic quality assessment, and similar content detection, the platform empowers users to maintain compliance and avoid penalties while enhancing their site's monetization capabilities.
Live Link
crawler.comTeam
- Toba Samuel, Product Designer
- Seun Badejo, Brand Designer
- Ogbeni Seyi, Art Director
Year
2023
Challenges
The primary challenge involved developing an algorithm that could accurately detect spam and compliance violations while minimizing false positives. Integrating multiple data sources—including domain registration, hosting details, and Google policy violation reports—into a unified platform presented another layer of complexity. Ensuring seamless performance for these integrations and building a user-friendly interface were also key areas of focus.
Deliverables:
- Comprehensive Spam Detection and Compliance Tool: Developed a website that helps site owners detect spam and invalid content to maintain compliance with Google AdSense policies.
- Premium Features: Integrated advanced tools such as ad slot suggestions, IP detection, traffic quality assessment, and site speed analysis to help users optimize performance.
- Impact Score: Created an open-access tool that generates an "Impact Score" (1 to 100), assessing overall content quality and compliance status.
- Domain and Hosting Details: Provided users with domain purchase information (e.g., GoDaddy) and hosting platform details (e.g., Hostinger).
- Similar Content Detection: Integrated content analysis to detect copied material, linking back to the source to identify potential copyright violations.
- Violation Source Identification: Implemented a feature linking to specific content that violates Google policies for quick resolution of compliance issues.
- Bad Link Detection: Built a tool to flag bad-quality or unsafe links, helping users avoid inappropriate or explicit content violations.
- Last Updated Content Date: Added functionality that tracks and displays the last time content was updated, helping users monitor site freshness.
Technologies Used:
- AI-Powered Content Analysis: For detecting spam, copied material, and ensuring overall content compliance.
- Integration with Google AdSense: To identify policy violations and provide actionable insights for compliance
- Node.js Backend: For efficient data processing, performance monitoring, and integration of various data sources.
- React Frontend: To provide users with a clean, intuitive interface for managing their website’s compliance and performance.
Impact
The Comprehensive Website Spam and Compliance Detection Tool offered a robust solution to help website owners maintain compliance, improve ad placements, and avoid costly penalties. The platform’s AI-powered analysis, paired with premium features such as IP detection and traffic quality assessment, enabled users to optimize website performance while ensuring content quality. The tool's Impact Score feature allowed owners to easily gauge their site’s compliance status, while similar content and bad link detection minimized risks associated with copyright and inappropriate material. This project provided both practical functionality and significant value to website owners, enhancing the safety, performance, and monetization potential of their sites.
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