A while back, we polled our audience asking if they prefer
manual or algorithmic penalties by Google - that is, if you had to pick one or
the other.
Imagine Matt Cutts coming over to you and saying, you're a
bad boy. You deserve a penalty but I'll let you pick, you can have an
algorithmic demotion or a manual action. Which would you pick?
I explain in detail the different between the two over here
and the response was that 65% prefer a manual action, whereas 35% said they
prefer an algorithmic demotion.
We had over 300 responses to the thread. Disclaimer: Please
see my poll disclaimer post before coming to any conclusions on these results.
Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.