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title: "Spammers are getting NotebookLM public pages indexed by Google"
url: https://seomadman.com/news/notebooklm-public-pages-spam-google-index
section: news
language: en
published: 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
author: Adam Hafez
topics: ["Technical SEO", "Indexing"]
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# Spammers are getting NotebookLM public pages indexed by Google

## The short answer

Spammers are publishing sex toy, pornography, peptide, coupon code and app promotions inside public Gemini NotebookLM notebooks, then letting Google crawl and index the notebook pages as a parasite SEO tactic. Google has indexed over 12,000 of these pages and has not removed them. The abuse was first spotted by Charles Floate, then documented by Gagan Ghotra and Glenn Gabe.

## Key takeaways

- Black hat SEOs are publishing spam inside public Gemini NotebookLM notebooks because Google indexes those pages, a parasite SEO tactic that borrows a trusted domain's authority.
- The indexed notebooks carry sex toy, pornography, peptide, coupon code and mobile app promotions rather than any legitimate notebook content.
- Charles Floate first spotted the abuse on X, and Gagan Ghotra and Glenn Gabe documented further examples of spammed public notebooks.
- Google has indexed more than 12,000 of these spam notebook pages and had not removed them from search results as of this report.
- Search Engine Roundtable's Barry Schwartz says Google should already have a review process in place for new indexable launches like NotebookLM.

Public Gemini NotebookLM notebooks are being turned into a spam distribution channel, and Google
is indexing the results. Search Engine Roundtable's Barry Schwartz reports that black hat SEOs are
treating NotebookLM's indexable public pages as a new parasite SEO tactic, publishing spam content
inside notebooks and letting Google's crawler do the rest.

## What is actually in the spammed notebooks

The compromised public notebooks carry promotions for sex toys, pornography, peptides, coupon
codes and mobile applications, according to Schwartz's report. None of it is notebook content in
any legitimate sense. Glenn Gabe, who documented examples independently, summarized what he found
this way: public Gemini Notebooks are being spammed, "from peptides to discount codes to porn to
apps."

## Why this works as parasite SEO

Parasite SEO means publishing content on someone else's trusted, already-indexed domain instead of
building authority on a new one. A public NotebookLM notebook is indexable by design, since Google
built NotebookLM to let users share notebooks as public pages. That same design choice is what
spammers are exploiting: a spam page hosted under notebooklm.google.com or a related Gemini domain
inherits whatever trust and crawl priority Google already gives that domain, which a freshly
registered spam site would not get.

## Who found it, and what Google has done

Charles Floate first spotted the abuse on X. Gagan Ghotra and Glenn Gabe then documented further
examples of spammed public notebooks turning up in Google's index. Search Engine Roundtable
reports Google has indexed over 12,000 of these spam pages and, as of the report, had not removed
them.

## What Google could do about it

Schwartz's assessment is that the spam "won't last long" once Google acts, but he is critical of
the timing: "Google should have a process for this for new launches by now." The underlying fix is
not novel. Google already has mechanisms for policing spam on other user-generated, publicly
indexable surfaces it hosts, such as Google Sites and Google Groups. Applying the same review or
rate-limiting logic to public NotebookLM notebooks before they are crawled, rather than after
thousands are already indexed, is the gap this incident exposes.

## Frequently asked questions

### How are spammers abusing NotebookLM?

They create public Gemini NotebookLM notebooks, fill them with spam promoting sex toys, pornography, peptides, coupon codes and mobile apps, and rely on Google crawling and indexing those public notebook pages under NotebookLM's own domain.

### How many spam notebook pages has Google indexed?

Search Engine Roundtable reports Google has indexed over 12,000 of these pages, and as of that report Google had not yet removed them from search results.

### Who first reported the NotebookLM spam?

Charles Floate first spotted it on X. Gagan Ghotra and Glenn Gabe then documented further examples of spammed public notebooks.

## Sources

1. [Spammers Found A Way To Get Gemini Notebook Pages Indexed By Google Search](https://www.seroundtable.com/gemini-notebook-spam-google-search-42136.html) - Search Engine Roundtable (primary)