What are doorway pages?

[steelkitchensink]

What are doorway pages?

[roycpo]

Doorway pages are web pages that are created for spamdexing. This is for spamming the index of a search engine by inserting results for particular phrases with the purpose of sending visitors to a different page.

[RH-Calvin]

Doorways are sites or pages created to rank highly for specific search queries. They are bad for users because they can lead to multiple similar pages in user search results, where each result ends up taking the user to essentially the same destination. They can also lead users to intermediate pages that are not as useful as the final destination.

[fayeseom]

Doorway pages are defined as low-quality pages (or groups of pages, or entire websites) optimized to rank well for specific keywords that act as a door between users and content. Characteristically, they offer little value to visitors and serve the sole purpose of boosting SEO value

[kumarvikas]

Doorway pages are the Web pages designed specifically to draw the search engine visitors to your website. They are the standalone pages designed only to act as doorways to your website. Doorway pages are worst idea for several reasons, though many SEO firms use them regularly.

[nancy07]

Doorway page is a web page created for spamdexing. This is for spamming the index of a search engine by inserting results for particular phrases with the purpose of sending visitors to a different page. They are also known as bridge pages, portal pages, jump pages, gateway pages, entry pages and by other names. Doorway pages that redirect visitors without their knowledge use some form of cloaking. This usually falls under Black Hat SEO.

[efusionworld]

Doorway pages that redirect visitors without their knowledge. This is a black hat technique. The index of the search engine is spammed which send users to the different page.

[chawong]

Doorway page is a Black Hat SEO technique in which user is redirected to the similar web pages when inserted a particular phrase.

[phsecure2018]

Doorway pages are the roots of black hat techniques which sends the visitors to different pages with the help of spamdexing.

[advik94]

Doorway pages are the simple HTML web pages that are created by inserting a few particular keyword or phrases for the purpose of sending website visitors to a different web page. Purpose of creating doorway pages is to trick the search engine and increase the website ranking for SERP. Doorway pages are also known as bridge pages, portal pages, jump pages, gateway pages, entry pages and by other names.

[biglyft18]

Doorway pages are created to do well for particular phrases. Doorway pages are defined as low-quality pages optimized to rank well for specific keywords that act as a door between users and content. It is a Black Hat SEO technique in which user is redirected to the similar web pages when inserted a particular phrase.

[CorneliaAlan]

Creating Doorway Pages is a type of Black Hat SEO. These are the web pages that are created for the deliberate manipulation of search engine indexes.

[arihantdelhi]

I think mostly company using these pages a an deep category page of website. But if some created any page url as it as same like keywords which targeting. Google might punish it and not give rank or remove from top ranking. May be for few time period you can achieve ranking on that keyword but not for long duration.

[aanchalkaura]

Doorway pages is one of the Black hat SEO technique in which we create an webpage or multiple pages to redirect the users. Google doesn't allow this technique. Most of the people are using this for fast result but when Google recognize this page then that will punish for this.

[sastabpo]

Doorways are sites or pages created to rank highly for specific search queries. They are bad for users because they can lead to multiple similar pages in user search results, where each result ends up taking the user to essentially the same destination. They can also lead users to intermediate pages that are not as useful as the final destination.

Here are some examples of doorways:

• Having multiple domain names or pages targeted at specific regions or cities that funnel users to one page
• Pages generated to funnel visitors into the actual usable or relevant portion of your site(s)
• Substantially similar pages that are closer to search results than a clearly defined, browseable hierarchy.