Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google reinclusion'

Google Site Reconsideration Form Not Working For Many

A Google Webmaster Help thread reports that several webmasters trying to use the reconsideration form are experiencing significant difficulties. As the user types in the box, explaining why their site should be reincluded in the Google index, the web page...

How To Handle DMCA Take Downs in Google Webmaster Tools

I thought I knew everything there is to know about Google Webmaster Tools, but I guess there was one thing I did not know. A WebmasterWorld thread talks about how one webmaster received a message from Google that his site...

Google Now Notifying Webmasters After Reconsideration Request Review via Email

I have excellent news for the SEO world today. It seems like Google has finally pushed through a change with the reconsideration request process that SEOs and webmasters have been asking for since the reconsideration request began. Now, if you...

What Happens When Google Does Not Catch a Site Hack?

A Webmaster posted a thread at Google Webmaster Help groups asking why his description for his site shows porn related terms in the snippet. The clear answer was that his site was hacked. The question was posed by a concern...

The Tale of a Server Hack, Followed By Google Ban: Stages

A senior member at WebmasterWorld who started posting in 2004, had his server hacked into. He realized this when Google put a temporary ban on his site from showing up in the Google search results. Google does this, because they...

After a Google Penalty, How Long Does It Take To Get Rankings Back?

I'll start by saying that this is not a case study. There is a WebmasterWorld thread that asks, how long does it take to re-obtain the old rankings one had, prior to receiving a Google penalty, and then Google reincluding...

Which Google Penalties Require a Reinclusion Request?

A WebmasterWorld thread asks a very good question. Which penalties require a reinclusion request in Google? Yes, this is a tough question to answer. But it would be great to come up with a list of items that might require...

How Long Did Your Google Reinclusion Process Take?

Most SEO companies out there have been involved in submitting and waiting on at least one reinclusion or reconsideration request with Google. Not to say that you had a client that was penalized by Google but maybe you had a...

Should I Submit Another Reinclusion Request?

So, you have been penalized by Google. You think you cleaned up your site and you submitted a reinclusion (reconsideration) request. But you have not heard back from Google. Do you submit another reconsideration request? If so, how soon? That...

Does Google Every Totally "Forgive" A Site For Being Penalized?

There is an excellent thread at WebmasterWorld discussing if Google will ever fully "forgive" a site after it has been penalized. For example, let's say you have been slapped with a link penalty, and you remove all those bad links....

Does Google Reinclude Banned Sites into Google.com Without Request?

A WebmasterWorld thread has one post from one individual who said his banned site was automatically reincluded in Google's index. In short, he did not go to Google and ask for his site to be reincluded, it was done by...

Google Requires You Admit Guilt in Order to Request Reinclusion into Index

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that the only way to request reinclusion into the Google index is to admit you violated Google's terms of service. If your site has been removed from the Google index, you can then file a reinclusion...

Google Moves Reinclusion Request Form To Webmaster Central

A WebmasterWorld thread asks what happened to the reinclusion request option is on the webmaster feedback form. In the past, if your site was banned and delisted from the index. The way back into the Google search index was to...

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