Recovery after a penalty from the Google algorithm

bgmen

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Hello,
After 1 year of trying to recover my penalized adult site, I finally found myself here. It all started last year, more precisely in March and April. I have not done anything wrong, everything was OK and I was on the first page on the keywords that interested me. But my site literally lost 10000 unique visits in a few weeks. At that time I found that it was cloned multi-fold, as the clones were obviously created in order to destroy my site.

The first thing I did was to stop the clones. Then I filled out a disavow list. I changed the structure, I made the site faster, I started writing insanely long explanations for an adult site, almost novels, but nothing. Last summer I changed the domain name, but I made the stupid mistake of putting 301 redirect. So I gradually came to 88 unique Google visitors per day.

Currently, the main source of traffic is my Twitter account where I have over 50000 followers. However, they are regular visitors and I do not earn anything from them because I do not rely on pop-ups and advertisements, but only on affiliate links.


I would be very grateful if you would share your opinion about these questions:
-Does it make sense to change the domain again, leaving only a link to the new address without redirecting visitors?
-Should I start to buy paid backlinks because my site has almost no backlinks?

In general, I will be happy with any advice because I do not want to close the site, but traditional tips with excellent content and user experience do not work for me.
 
Hello,
After 1 year of trying to recover my penalized adult site, I finally found myself here. It all started last year, more precisely in March and April. I have not done anything wrong, everything was OK and I was on the first page on the keywords that interested me. But my site literally lost 10000 unique visits in a few weeks. At that time I found that it was cloned multi-fold, as the clones were obviously created in order to destroy my site.

The first thing I did was to stop the clones. Then I filled out a disavow list. I changed the structure, I made the site faster, I started writing insanely long explanations for an adult site, almost novels, but nothing. Last summer I changed the domain name, but I made the stupid mistake of putting 301 redirect. So I gradually came to 88 unique Google visitors per day.

Currently, the main source of traffic is my Twitter account where I have over 50000 followers. However, they are regular visitors and I do not earn anything from them because I do not rely on pop-ups and advertisements, but only on affiliate links.


I would be very grateful if you would share your opinion about these questions:
-Does it make sense to change the domain again, leaving only a link to the new address without redirecting visitors?
-Should I start to buy paid backlinks because my site has almost no backlinks?

In general, I will be happy with any advice because I do not want to close the site, but traditional tips with excellent content and user experience do not work for me.

start over dude completely clean domain and rank it. there is no way to recover old site
 
Thanks you, Wizeman. Is it safe to place a link to the new site in the index of the old one, without redirection? Would Google recognize this?
 
recovering that adult/porn penalty side is you actually trying to landing on the moon, dont waste your time behinde it, start it and clean ...........
 
Thank deepdigger! Today I'm going move the site to a new domain. I've cleaned all the short and full of keywords publications. I wonder if it's appropriate to use one of my old domains, 5 years old and over, not currently in use.
 
bgmen,
Everything is very individual. If you want, we can discuss in a private message.
 
new domain + redirect the old domain to the new one (don't waste your time), try to block any website who wants to clone you (in the cpabel, block ip adresses).
good luck
 
In this case i would just start over. U could try with an expired domain tho, to speed up the process.

Good luck!
 
Thank you, guys! I disabled the old site yesterday and moved its content to a brand new domain. I left only a html page with a link to the new site without using the 301 redirection.I hope Google will index the site faster. When this happens, I will share whether the operation was successful.
 
Hi Bgmen, just wondering how it all went as one of my sites is having the same issue. Just wondering if you have noticed any changes yet?
 
Hi Bgmen, just wondering how it all went as one of my sites is having the same issue. Just wondering if you have noticed any changes yet?
I'm sorry for the delayed answer, but I just saw the message. I don't see any positive change, I just lost my audience with the name change.
 
Why the hell,did this?You can back all rankings and traffic,just need a liitle work.Combination of SEO and ORM will solve this in short period to get back old 'penalized' domain!!!
 
I've tested enough SEO, and it didn't work for me. At the moment I try the other way, if it does not work I will just abandon the site.
 
Fascinating really, because my story is identical.

My huge (15 000 videos + descriptions) adult site got killed within a week of last year March update.
I also found multiple full site clones of my site.
Now sitting idle at 150 google hits / day.

Contact me via private msgs if you want to chat about it (NO, I'm not selling or providing any service, just experience sharing is my intent).

Now, my thoughts about the following:

-Does it make sense to change the domain again, leaving only a link to the new address without redirecting visitors?

Do not do it, and I'll explain why on the answer below.

-Should I start to buy paid backlinks because my site has almost no backlinks?

My site lost 99% of traffic as well but I also noticed the following - I'm still #1 for some wacky queries that only I have (lets say, unique titles that no one else has).
Those got barely any searches but it also tells me there is no penalty or I wouldn't be there either.

Since my site got barely any backlinks as well, I'm currently in the process of building as much PBNs as I can, as simple as that.


Whole problem that both of us have is the google change that forces big brands on the top, even in adult. Meaning that, no backlinks = no brand = no rank.
Content is completely disregarded for that matter (not just in adult).
I'm seeing BLANK adult tube site pages ranking in top 10 for some unique content I have (blank as in - /some-niche.html page with a big NO VIDEOS IN THIS CATEGORY page).


In short - yes, build backlinks, as much as humanly possible. Don't waste time on writing content or redesigning your site. That is NOT the problem.
 
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