I have participated in multiple Panda recovery projects. Do you think your site has been hit by Panda? While Google has now rolled the Panda algorithm into the main algorithm, many publishers have never recovered from the many Panda updates that...
Chances of recovery are pretty slim, but if you were smart you were doing this to a burner site, so move onto the next. Have you ever received a Google Webmaster email stating that your site was given a "manual spam penalty" for having "pure spam"?
Manual penalty recovery and Penguin algorithmic recovery are both appropriate uses of the tool. The tool is just one component of a recovery plan and a minor one in the overall scheme of a recovery. In the aftermath of that rollout, webmasters that...
Bad Link Building Recovery After Google Penguin If so, you're probably wondering why a site like yours would get such a request. Let's look at why webmasters and business owners send link removal emails, and how to respond.
Recovery" is not an inevitable goal, rather it is both an avoidable scenario and a mitigable situation through planning and consideration of the possible SEO challenges born from future 'Penguin' style updates.
Unnatural Links Recovery: Emerging from a Manual Penalty When it comes to Google’s Disavow Tool, there was plenty of speculation and testing as to what approach to take. Should webmasters disavow everything and start clean?
If the domain owner is clearly a squatter or you own the trademark to the name, your best option is to consult a lawyer or domain name recovery service, which is offered by most domain name registrars.
Thankfully, after some initial recovery I’m fully able to do all I need to at home and at work, though my voice is softer than before. Google CEO Larry Page has finally confirmed the health issues surrounding his loss of voice which has prevented...
Be thorough in your attempts to reform, communicate your efforts to Google clearly, and indicate that you have learned your lesson and you're on your way to recovery. Once that work is done, you'll then have to file a reconsideration request to get...
The Road to Recovery After you have meticulously completed a link audit and followed all of the steps necessary to emerge from a manual penalty, you will find a note like this in Google Webmaster Tools:
Bad Link Building Recovery After Google Penguin Portent, a Seattle-based Internet marketing agency, has released a report offering new insight into Google’s Penguin algorithm. The report, based on primary data gathered by the agency, suggested that...
Now if Panda hits your website for having "low-quality" (thin) content, it may be harder to detect in analytics due to this new integration with the main search algorithm, but it could mean a faster recovery.
You can read a case study I wrote about a Panda recovery here. I receive a lot of calls from companies that have been hit by Panda or Penguin, and both algorithm updates have been fascinating to analyze.
You know it’s going to be a bad (day, week, month …), when Google sends you one of these: Receiving an email like this is scary. At best, your business won’t receive any organic search traffic from Google for weeks.
Of the ones that have been migrated, millions are still awaiting app recovery of multi-media support such as Slideshare and WordPress blog content. Of those, no one except LinkedIn knows who is truly active.
It may hurt a little, but it’s also your best shot at recovery. Things that never used to "hurt" a website are now bringing businesses to their knees. Leaving most people with more questions than answers and scrambling to find a way to reverse...
Perhaps no more challenging was when Hurricane Sandy hit NYC and we had to run the business remotely for almost two weeks while executing on disaster recovery and business continuity plans. As the year draws to a close and we are all thinking about...
There is simply too much uncertainty facing private enterprise, and agencies must do their part to create a climate for recovery and growth. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials are reportedly thinking of dropping their antitrust case against...
Above the Fold Page Layout Algorithm Recovery If you believe your site has been affected, some are reporting you will need to wait for the next Above the Fold Page Layout update to see a recovery. Google’s Matt Cutts has announced the first...
In what timeframe you expect recovery. If you were to ask the most successful pay-per-click experts around, they’d tell you that in addition to “knowing your stuff” well, what really makes the difference to success is learning to manage management...
