SERP recovery after Japanese keyword attack

viurik

Newbie

Jan 3, 2020

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• Feb 4, 2020

• #1

Hello,

My website before few months was attacked with Japanese keyword spam. On my pages were inserted spam with Japanese random words. Google indexed all of this stuff. My website is 10 years old and always had top rankings on Google. Before few weeks my rank dropped significantly with top keywords. Google not removed spam pages from the index, but slowly deleting. So, my question is it possible to recovery SERP positions after this attack?

 

dekhajam

Junior Member

Aug 15, 2019

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• Feb 10, 2020

• #2

If you detect the hack early, rankings could be recovered pretty fast.
You can remove shady urls via Google Search Console.
Have you disavowed all spam backlinks via GSC?

 

Mr Positive

Elite Member

Executive VIP

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Mar 30, 2018

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• Feb 10, 2020

• #3

Yes my advice is same what I always say 1) add fresh content 2) add strong backlinks 3) new advice use remove content tool from your console and recover your rankings

 

terrycody

Elite Member

Sep 29, 2012

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• Feb 10, 2020

• #4

Code:

https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/hacked/fixing_the_japanese_keyword_hack


and


https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/06/why-is-your-website-a-target-the-seo-value-of-a-website.html


and


https://sucuri.net/guides/how-to-clean-hacked-wordpress/

Follow these guides and maybe you can clean the things yourself, if you can't, I suggest hire an expert on our forum. Maybe you can also consult Sucuri, no idea how much they would ask.

For a 10 years website and earning money?! Its worth to clear it ASAP.

After cleaned, I think you need re-submit all your URL sitemap in order to get new contents indexed, and your rankings will back gradually.

 

viurik

Newbie

Jan 3, 2020

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• Feb 11, 2020
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• #5

Thank you for all replies. I cleaned the website pretty fast, but Google indexed a few thousands of spam links. Now it's cleaned, but Google still shows spam links. I am trying to clean with the Outdated content removal tool in Webmaster Tools, but SERP positions do not improve.

 

SnobbyRobot

Junior Member

Mar 16, 2018

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• Feb 11, 2020

• #6

Great. It will take some time to see the change in SERP positions. Build few links from strong domains to gain more link juice.

 

dekhajam

Junior Member

Aug 15, 2019

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• Feb 11, 2020

• #7

viurik said:

but SERP positions do not improve

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I'm afraid to say, sometimes it can take several weeks.
I also had a case where it was better to move everything on a new domain.
(which could also lead to problems like duplicate content etc.)

It really depends, it's hard to help without knowing any further details.
I hope your site recovers soon, bounce back ;-)