Loading ...No one wants to get banned from Google, but unfortunately, it does happen. As Michael Stebbins of Market Motive explains, it is important to understand why some websites do, in fact, get banned from Google in order to prevent it from happening to you.
First of all, he suggests using Google’s Webmaster Tools to know for sure if you are banned. The dashboard offers very helpful information in this type of situation.
To make sure that your site doesn’t get banned, Stebbins tells WebProNews that you should think like a search engine. In other words, you have to realize that they are looking for genuine relevance and genuine popularity. If you try to fake either of these elements, Google will not want to partner with you.
Some people fake relevancy and popularity by linking to questionable websites, taking advantage of JavaScript redirects, and selling links. All these factors could result in Google banning your site.
To get re-included in Google’s index, Stebbins says you need to first decide if it is worth investing time in the re-inclusion process. There are some cases in which users commit so many “mortal sins” that is nearly impossible to rebuild a relevant and popular website.
At this point, he advises users to invest in another a site and apply a 301 redirect from the old site to the new one. However, if you have not violated many of the guidelines, Stebbins says you could send a letter detailing what you did wrong and how you have fixed it. By doing this, it increases your chances of getting back into the index.
Are you taking preventative measures to make sure your site doesn’t get banned?
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Nice tips..!!thanks anyway
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I got banned a lot last year and all i was doing was sending twitter traffic to my website, All the content on the site was relevant to the product so I could not figure out why. I got a lot of offers to join groups not banned by google but did nothing just waited for them to lift it although i did use webmaster tools to do some tweaking.
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Another way to not being banned is to OWN GOOGLE, c’mon, this is not an article… it just sells google’s tools, the person that fakes relevancy and popularity knows what he/she are doing, situations like the one posted by stugod are rare but still happens.
Thank you for the tips
Good timely video. With so many spammy techniques being pushed it’s good to hear about the downside ..like thet could get you banned from Google. Thanks
It’s easy to say dont do this and you wont get banned but sometimes its hard not too.
We all try hard to gain PR and more links than our competitors. Millions of sites including newspapers etc sell links as part of there business and I don’t see them getting booted. Maybe if Goog made it clearer and were more open about there algo then we would all have a level playing field.
I agree. I had a site booted for selling links to perfectly credible companies. We were an advertising site so why should we not sell ad space.
I 100% agree with locations. If you only have a promotial landingspage, made according to law regulations from the country you live in( sometime people forget this is important too),it’s hard to get approved nonetheless there are millions of sites that not even looking professional or withour relevancy but… may stay in the index.
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Good article. 301 redirects are a quick fix and should be a last resort.
Good information. Some more detailed examples of what not to do might help.