[Case Study Results] Google Penalty And 301 Redirection Method
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the_demon
Elite Member
- Nov 23, 2008
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I wouldn't give up so easily especially on a site that was generating 10K/mo. Just try different backlink methods.
Worst case scenario submit a re-inclusion request. Claim you hired a seo guy on a forum who promised to use wh but, used bh seo and you apologize for spamming their engine.
Worst case scenario submit a re-inclusion request. Claim you hired a seo guy on a forum who promised to use wh but, used bh seo and you apologize for spamming their engine.
knowledgeblast
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- Jul 31, 2008
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Thanks for that info OP. I must admit I've never had good luck the times I redirected my high ranking site. I recently did a redirect on my domain to allow a potential buyer to test the site for a week and by day 3 I had lost a ton of traffic.
It is good to read this info.
Cheers
It is good to read this info.
Cheers
alex-19841
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- Jan 3, 2010
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it can be also possible that its over advertisement of the same anchor text that triggered penalty, therefor I would recommend to do 301 back from your new site to the old one, that type of penalty usually lasts for up to 6 months - then your site will go back to its good positions
hey did you get your site back yet?
this is the response I got from Google's team regarding my site - dragos pm me if you are interested in helping out...
Thank you for your request.
We?ve reviewed your site and we believe that some or all of your pages still violate our quality guidelines, which can be found here: . These guidelines outline illicit practices which may lead Google to take action on a site in order to keep webspam out of search results. In addition to this email, you may also receive a notification in Webmaster Tools regarding the outcome of your reconsideration request.
Specifically, look for possibly artificial or unnatural links pointing to your site that could be intended to manipulate PageRank. Examples of unnatural linking could include buying links to pass PageRank or participating in link schemes. Here are a couple of articles describing these techniques:
Buying links to pass PageRank
Link schemes
To illustrate how these articles could apply to you, here are examples of pages that contain inorganic links to your site:
To find more links to your site, you can download a list in Webmaster Tools by doing the following:
1. Click on your site at
2. Click on "Your site on the web" and then "Links to your site."
3. Under "Who links the most," click "More."
4. At the bottom of the page, click on "Download more sample links."
Please correct or remove all content that is outside our quality guidelines. You might consider reaching out to the webmasters of the sites with the inorganic links on them. For advice on how to go about contacting them, read
Once you have updated your site, reply to this email noting the specific changes you made. Only after there has been a significant decrease in unnatural linking will we consider reviewing your reconsideration request again. If there are still links that you could not remove, we will look for an explanation of why you were unable to do so.
If you?d like more specific advice for your site, consider posting in our Webmaster Help Forum, where a community of webmasters may be able to help you. You can post to the Forum by visiting the following link:
Sincerely,
The Google Search Quality Team
Thank you for your request.
We?ve reviewed your site and we believe that some or all of your pages still violate our quality guidelines, which can be found here: . These guidelines outline illicit practices which may lead Google to take action on a site in order to keep webspam out of search results. In addition to this email, you may also receive a notification in Webmaster Tools regarding the outcome of your reconsideration request.
Specifically, look for possibly artificial or unnatural links pointing to your site that could be intended to manipulate PageRank. Examples of unnatural linking could include buying links to pass PageRank or participating in link schemes. Here are a couple of articles describing these techniques:
Buying links to pass PageRank
Link schemes
To illustrate how these articles could apply to you, here are examples of pages that contain inorganic links to your site:
To find more links to your site, you can download a list in Webmaster Tools by doing the following:
1. Click on your site at
2. Click on "Your site on the web" and then "Links to your site."
3. Under "Who links the most," click "More."
4. At the bottom of the page, click on "Download more sample links."
Please correct or remove all content that is outside our quality guidelines. You might consider reaching out to the webmasters of the sites with the inorganic links on them. For advice on how to go about contacting them, read
Once you have updated your site, reply to this email noting the specific changes you made. Only after there has been a significant decrease in unnatural linking will we consider reviewing your reconsideration request again. If there are still links that you could not remove, we will look for an explanation of why you were unable to do so.
If you?d like more specific advice for your site, consider posting in our Webmaster Help Forum, where a community of webmasters may be able to help you. You can post to the Forum by visiting the following link:
Sincerely,
The Google Search Quality Team
claimjustice
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- Dec 21, 2011
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great post, thanks for sharing. Google has killed some websites for sure, and most times they have made mistakes by doing them. I went from position 5 to position 430 - whats the reason? still dont know. I have redeveloped my site again now, will be live in 2 days, will keep everyone posted
Martin1971
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kyaw2x
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- Dec 29, 2009
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In some cases but I tried it with myself of having a -50 penalized site (affected by negative SEO from damn competitor) redirect 301 to an established site on the same niche, after 7 days nothings happen.
You may try to read this http://moz.com/community/q/can-penalties-be-passed-via-301-redirect#reply_69767 based on others experience.