Imitation of user actions

Imitation of user actions is an unfair method of promoting a website where site owners try to artificially increase the number of visits from search engines. The goal is to make the site appear popular and improve its ranking in search results. Such visits distort the site's behavioral statistics, do not reflect real user interest, and are therefore considered search spam.

If Yandex algorithms detect a violation, they will apply restrictions. These restrictions may affect the ranking of the entire site or its sections. The restrictions will be lifted once the violation is устранено and the algorithms confirm that it does not recur over time.

What constitutes imitation of user actions

• Using special programs or services that automatically simulate visitor access to the site from search engines.
• Deliberately attracting ordinary internet users to simulate visits to the site. For example, this can happen through special tasks — the user is required to perform certain actions, such as entering a query and clicking on a specified link.
• Providing services to artificially increase the number of visits to sites from search results.

How to eliminate or prevent the violation

Stop using deceptive techniques:

• Make sure there are no modules on the site that could facilitate the imitation of user actions.
• Verify that specialists or companies involved in the development of your site do not use such methods.