Expired Domain - I get a manual penaly

Rafiki59

Rafiki59

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Hello there,

I was happy because I had found a deleted domain name with good authority and quality backlinks. So I bought it after checking in advance on webarchive that the old site was not a spam site. I hadn't detected anything unusual, it was a site belonging to a start-up that went bankrupt.

Unfortunately, today I just finished the design of the new site by adding a few articles, I then decided to register it on webmaster tools and there bad surprise: manual action for "aggressive spam". It turns out that I was not the first one to requisition this domain name and the previous owner had to go a little too hard with Google.

So I sent a request for a review to Google to try to lift this penalty by explaining that the content is now "clean" and that I redesigned the site.

I think that if they don't waive the penalty, I would choose another domain name, but if they remove it, is it still worth it to continue with it?

Thanks by advance :)
 
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I am assuming you did not do your due diligence on the domain? Wayback machine? Ahrefs backlink profile? Costly lessons to learn.
 
ourfella said:
I am assuming you did not do your due diligence on the domain? Wayback machine? Ahrefs backlink profile? Costly lessons to learn.
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Yes it was the first time I'd done that. I used wayback machine but I didn't see anything suspicious. For backlink profile, I can only use free tools because I don't get access to an expensive tool. The free tool only show me the autority and it says me only 3 bad links and 130 good backlinks. So I was confident.

But now I want really to know if they remove the penalty is that good to use this domain name to rank ?
 
Probably better to cut your losses and move onto the next domain unless that one has insane metrics. Even then, those metrics might be propped up by spammy af sites.
 
I am curious about how long until you see the notice? As u described, it suddenly popped up? Or several days after u added the domain to the GSC.
 
You should always check the domain on google site:domainname.com . If there is a manual penalty it won't be indexed on google. Hope they will lift the penalty but mostly those domains won't work as good as before.
 
if you want to use the big boy toys .

search ""seo group buys"" you might be shocked , the best ones let you actually log into real account's

for example , you can get for $5 per month ahreff ....(( group buy == shared real accounts ))

semrush is another grate tool.
moz another
the list is endless .
 
Rafiki59 said:
Yes it was the first time I'd done that. I used wayback machine but I didn't see anything suspicious. For backlink profile, I can only use free tools because I don't get access to an expensive tool. The free tool only show me the autority and it says me only 3 bad links and 130 good backlinks. So I was confident.

But now I want really to know if they remove the penalty is that good to use this domain name to rank ?
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better use tools like ahrefs or semrush to check out the quality of backlinks.

yes, they are pricely but you can get them from a cheap group buy site like upgro*upbuy or finq*group or any similar
 
Rafiki59 said:
Hello there,

I was happy because I had found a deleted domain name with good authority and quality backlinks. So I bought it after checking in advance on webarchive that the old site was not a spam site. I hadn't detected anything unusual, it was a site belonging to a start-up that went bankrupt.

Unfortunately, today I just finished the design of the new site by adding a few articles, I then decided to register it on webmaster tools and there bad surprise: manual action for "aggressive spam". It turns out that I was not the first one to requisition this domain name and the previous owner had to go a little too hard with Google.

So I sent a request for a review to Google to try to lift this penalty by explaining that the content is now "clean" and that I redesigned the site.

I think that if they don't waive the penalty, I would choose another domain name, but if they remove it, is it still worth it to continue with it?

Thanks by advance :)
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Yeah welcome to SEO.

Better know your footprints bro. Whois, Hosting etc etc... (look it up)
Better check your backlinks bro
I also suggest getting a domain that has NOT dropped try checking out
completedns.com that can tell you if it's dropped.

Then for future safety look into botblockers and Hide My WP.

Got a lot to learn young padawan!

berkay1907 said:
You should always check the domain on google site:domainname.com . If there is a manual penalty it won't be indexed on google. Hope they will lift the penalty but mostly those domains won't work as good as before.
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This is true but this doesn't completely tell you the truth.

To get the most out of this technique search the following:

domainname.com - if it shows up really high or on the first page... that's awesome, if it doesn't that's bad news bears.

BUT after that you then need to take it one more step..

SEARCH:

Domainname com (don't put the period), if you don't show up within the top 3 pages you no doubt have some issues with the site.

This is a leet tactic broski, use it and be better because of it.

So if things reindex you can still use it... you could have some silent google cat boxing going on for awhile afterwards though.

Just to answer your main question
 
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From my last experience,i just know that good expired domain dont exist at all.It fucked spam from some chinese or japanese seo gurus.I highly recommend to star with new domains every new project.This is my opinion.
 
My only trick to get the expired domain if it shows off in Google search. Unless useless to have so many backlinks.
 
Thank you really much for this great tips. Very usefull for me :)

Indeed I was shocked by "seo group buys" lol, it's really what I wanted

terrycody said:
I am curious about how long until you see the notice? As u described, it suddenly popped up? Or several days after u added the domain to the GSC.
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Yes I have started to work on my project few days, then when my project was consistent enough I have decided to add my domain in webmaster tools and then I saw right away an error message "aggressiv spam".
 
I had good news this afternoon, the manual penalty has been lifted!

I had asked a little bit about the penalty in question "aggressive spam" = "pure spam" and all the testimonies I read about it had suggested to me that it would be very hard to lift.

From what I've read, it's one of the worst penalties you can have, like a black sheep that can't be cleaned. The whole site is useless, no indexing is possible.

As a result, last night I was more than sceptical about the idea of redemption and I was already ready to move on and look for a new domain name. I even removed all my articles to leave only the home page.

This afternoon I connect to webmaster tools and the penalty was gone. No message from Google. No emails. I was just "wow I didn't believe it" but it's true xD
 
@Rafiki59 - still do a test on the impact of this PBN on sites. pick a nich, go to page 7+, pick a URL that you can tell is not involved in any seo activities, then send a link to it from your PBN. come back in a week and see the result. if positive result, then you are good to go. if not, then i would not use it. maybe let it sit idle and try again in few months. meanwhile you can build up your pbn.
 
fb3003 said:
@Rafiki59 - still do a test on the impact of this PBN on sites. pick a nich, go to page 7+, pick a URL that you can tell is not involved in any seo activities, then send a link to it from your PBN. come back in a week and see the result. if positive result, then you are good to go. if not, then i would not use it. maybe let it sit idle and try again in few months. meanwhile you can build up your pbn.
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Thank you! But I think I will certainly use it. I was a little worried about not receiving a message from Google, but I just received it.

There was a heavy delay of 1 day in receiving the mail so I may have thought there was a bug and the penalty was still there.

But this is not the case so I am rather confident in my ability to use the domain name with confidence now.
 
Don't get upset, this is your first experience.
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
 
Rafiki59 said:
Thank you! But I think I will certainly use it. I was a little worried about not receiving a message from Google, but I just received it.

There was a heavy delay of 1 day in receiving the mail so I may have thought there was a bug and the penalty was still there.

But this is not the case so I am rather confident in my ability to use the domain name with confidence now.
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still do the test!!!! just because the domain has high metrics and you think it is clean, it does not always correlate with a positive impact on your ranking. you might need some maintenance on the domain before you use it on your moneysite
 
berkay1907 said:
You should always check the domain on google site:domainname.com . If there is a manual penalty it won't be indexed on google. Hope they will lift the penalty but mostly those domains won't work as good as before.
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This is the most basic thing you need to do before buying any domain or at least you should use checking penalty tools.
 
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