Google penalty

Here’s a quick and simple way to test if your old domain is out of penalty:

First, remove the 301 redirect from the old domain. Then, restore 1–2 old pages with fresh and unique content. After that, let Google crawl the site. You can speed this up by using the URL inspection tool in Google Search Console and requesting indexing.

Now, check if those pages get indexed and show up for any keywords. If they start ranking again, it likely means the penalty is gone. If not, the domain is probably still flagged. It’s a simple, low-risk test.

Surprised nobody suggested adding it to google webmaster console and see

snitcher44 said:

Is it wordpress?

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No, it is ModX

bartosimpsonio said:

Surprised nobody suggested adding it to google webmaster console and see

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OP you should exactly do this. Add domain to search console and see if it is out of penalty or not.
If their is no penalty it is just ranking issues.