How do you know its penalized?
To get the penalty removed, you first need to know the reason for penalty.
One indication is that search engines stop indexing the site and the already indexed pages slowly get de-indexed. The site won't show up in top 100 or so results.
I once got a website of mine penalized and successfully got the penalty removed.
you can't removes ! unless you have good reason why Google remove their penalty! my suggestion is buy new hosting ! and redirect to your subdomain to minimize negative effects
from bad neighborhood I.e penalty site!
What was the penalty for?
If you fix all the problems on the site and resubmit it may be re-allowed. One of my biggest sites got hit by malware, it has never really recovered but at least it gets some traffic again..
I don't understand what penalty we are talking aboout. Deindexing? Sandbox for some keywords? Flag?
Everything can be fixed but first you have to be more specific ![]()
you need to know what cause teh penalty before it can be removed.
Go back through your site and if there is anything there you've done that would feel uncomfortable telling Google then chances are it's probably against their terms and conditions...
by davidwillium 15 years ago
Fix the problem that got you penalized in the first place, then submit your site for reconsideration through google webmasters tools.
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by agraj 14 years ago
I wish to know how to check that a website is banned by Google or not ?is there any short cut to remove penalty ?Seo Knowledge minds are invited to answer...Thanks in advanceAgraj
by Nathan Bernardo 10 years ago
And evidently we won't know the full effect of it for months. http://searchengineland.com/google-pand … ths-225850But those previously penalized could be doing better; though others could be penalized.
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