We know it. Some of us may have seen it. The dreaded Google Unnatural Link Warning.
Either as an SEO, a business, or perhaps just a personal blogger, you may fall to your knees and cry when you receive this warning but never fear! There are strategies and processes you can take to remove this and get back on Google’s happy side. Before we begin, it’s extremely important that we understand the difference between an “algorithmic” or “filtered” and a manual penalty. This identification is the first step in moving forward with a recovery plan.
Before we dive into the differences between manual and algorithmic penalties, I think this summation from Rhea Drysdale is telling:
Manual Penalty
Algorithmic penalties and manual penalties are two extremely different things. The definition of a manual penalty is fairly straight-forward: A manual penalty is an action by Google’s web spam team that penalizes websites for participating in practices that are against any of Google’s webmaster guidelines. Penalties can be given out for any of the following practices:
An algorithmic penalty is a negative result of changes to Google’s algorithm. There are several different updates that each has a different responsibility. For many search engine’s, the line between optimization and deception is incredibly thin. Some “strategies” that have been made subject to penalty by algorithmic updates include but not limited to:
Recovery
*PLEASE NOTE*: I know that there will be discrepancy and this may be a heated subject, but please remember that this is our own personal experience which worked for us on multiple occasions and could perhaps work for you.
Whether you have been affected by an algorithmic or manual penalty, the process of recovery is rarely a simple or happy one. At the moment, the most common way to recover from a manual penalty factor is by submitting a reconsideration request to Google. Submitting a reconsideration isn’t an option when the penalty is an algorithmic one (well, it’s an option, but won’t accomplish anything). The only thing you can do is try to clean up and wait for the next update to take effect.
The uncertainty that an algorithmic penalty presents for business owners is a big time problem. For a couple of small business owners who came to us after their sites had suffered manual penalties, and months had passed with them trying to remove bad links and clean up perceived on-site issues, we wanted to take action that would help move them forward, in one direction (recovery) or another (start over). That is when we took into consideration site-wide 301 redirects to a new domain (GASP!).
Example 1: McCormick & Murphy, P.C.
McCormick & Murphy, P.C. is a personal injury lawyer based in the Denver metro area. When we first met with Jay and Kirk, the owners, they
had
been hit by some nasty malware and therefore were penalized. Nothing we
were doing helped (re-writing content, moving hosting, etc.). They had
completely just dropped off the face of the earth and we couldn’t
resolve the malware. After months of treading water, we decided to take
action in the form of a side-wide 301 redirect to a new domain. The
client purchased a new domain and set-up a new hosting account. We then
301 redirected their old site to the new one. And to the surprise of
most, within a couple of days the site had recovered completely in the
SERPs. The malware penalty did not transfer over and they were
performing better than ever. It has been well over a year and we have
only continued to improve:
Example 2: Crack Eraser Pro
When we signed with Crack Eraser Pro, we had no idea the project we had jumped into. When I initially had a peek into their link profile, I
wanted
to cry. Crack Eraser Pro (formerly, windshieldrepairkits.net) was hit,
and hit HARD. After many failed attempts of trying to recover
by removing bad links and building ones that were with Google’s
quality guidelines, we decided to try a redirect solution again. And
once more, the penalty was transferred over and suddenly Crack Eraser
Pro was performing again. Based on our experiences, we found that
traditional penalty recovery was ineffective for an algorithmic penalty.
But when we started new and fresh, suddenly everything was different.
It’s been awhile since we moved Crack Eraser Pro over and they have done
nothing but improve.
Proper Redirecting
A complete site wide redirect should be performed with diligence. A 301 redirect will tell your web browser and any search engines that Page A is now permanently Page B. Once it’s in place, any user that has previously bookmarked or saved your site will be automatically transferred to the new site. From a SEO perspective using a 301 redirect, allows you to preserve any previously accumulated PageRank.
To create a 301 redirect, one must:
a) Set up URLs.
Ensure that your new URLs are correctly configured and live before you start the redirection process.
b) Create redirects.
If you are doing a global redirect, you can usually redirect your entire website at once. If you are doing individuals, there are some redirecting tools you can use to alleviate the process. We like to use the “Simple 301 Redirects” tool in WordPress.
c) Test.
Probably one of the most overlooked steps is to test your redirects. Make sure all of them transferred over correctly and you are not redirected to a 404 page.
d) Sitemap.
Ensure when you create a new URL, you create a new XML Sitemap.
Popular belief is that 301 redirects should pass about 90% of the previous site’s authority.
You may of course experience a dip in traffic or rankings in the period following the redirects (dancing) simply because it may take some time for the changes to make their way to Google’s index.
Conclusion
Time and time again with these penalty recovery stories, we hear of some methods being effective in some cases while those same methods fail completely in others. Algorithmic penalties can cripple SMB’s because the recovery process is highly ambiguous, and there is little predictability regarding the results. By obtaining new domains and 301 redirecting the penalized domain to them, we have been able to recover algorithmically penalized sites. And at the very least, we knew we would be moving forward, rather than continuing to tread water and spend money on activities that may never result in a recovery.
Reference :- http://www.searchenginejournal.com
EBriks Infotech :- SEO Company India SMO Company India PPC Company India
Either as an SEO, a business, or perhaps just a personal blogger, you may fall to your knees and cry when you receive this warning but never fear! There are strategies and processes you can take to remove this and get back on Google’s happy side. Before we begin, it’s extremely important that we understand the difference between an “algorithmic” or “filtered” and a manual penalty. This identification is the first step in moving forward with a recovery plan.
Before we dive into the differences between manual and algorithmic penalties, I think this summation from Rhea Drysdale is telling:
Manual Penalty
Algorithmic penalties and manual penalties are two extremely different things. The definition of a manual penalty is fairly straight-forward: A manual penalty is an action by Google’s web spam team that penalizes websites for participating in practices that are against any of Google’s webmaster guidelines. Penalties can be given out for any of the following practices:
Over optimizing any site can be considered keyword stuffing. Keyword stuffing is often referred to a singular phrase that is used over-excessively on a single web page. Google’s algorithms have gotten good at catching keyword stuffing. The best rule of thumb to follow is 1 keyword for each 100 words, and to use a diversity of terms, rather than repeating the same phrase verbatim.Algorithmic Penalties
All websites on the internet are vulnerable to different types of viruses and spyware. If you recently acquired any viruses or spyware, any search engine will automatically kick you off their SERPS and indexes. It can often take months to recover (if ever) so make sure you have the proper security and check frequently to see if your site has been a victim of hacking.
To better the web, your site should always provide real value. Poor quality or even worse, duplicate content will never benefit you. Google is extremely firm and straight forward with this issue and will make sure they evaluate the quality of your site if you are earning any sort of profit through affiliates and different ad sense sites.
- Duplicate content.
Cloaking is the process of presenting different content or URLs to users and search engines. Cloaking is a direct violation of Google’s guidelines and should never be exercised.
How easy would it be to simply set your text color as #FFFFFF and call it good? Too easy. And also counted as keyword stuffing.
Google is able to detect unnatural links by identifying suspicious patterns, including many links coming from the same IP address, and over optimized anchor text (Penguin’s primary target). You should try at all costs to have these unnatural sites removed. One way to accomplish this is by simply contacting the webmaster or SEO of the site. The easiest way of knowing whether you have been affected by a manual penalty or an algorithmic penalty is whether you received an unnatural link warning via Google Webmaster Tools. If you are affected by an algorithmic penalty, Matt Cutts recently confirmed that you will NOT receive any sort of notification.
- Un-natural links.
An algorithmic penalty is a negative result of changes to Google’s algorithm. There are several different updates that each has a different responsibility. For many search engine’s, the line between optimization and deception is incredibly thin. Some “strategies” that have been made subject to penalty by algorithmic updates include but not limited to:
- Over-optimization.
- Duplicate content.
- Manipulative linking.
Recovery
*PLEASE NOTE*: I know that there will be discrepancy and this may be a heated subject, but please remember that this is our own personal experience which worked for us on multiple occasions and could perhaps work for you.
Whether you have been affected by an algorithmic or manual penalty, the process of recovery is rarely a simple or happy one. At the moment, the most common way to recover from a manual penalty factor is by submitting a reconsideration request to Google. Submitting a reconsideration isn’t an option when the penalty is an algorithmic one (well, it’s an option, but won’t accomplish anything). The only thing you can do is try to clean up and wait for the next update to take effect.
The uncertainty that an algorithmic penalty presents for business owners is a big time problem. For a couple of small business owners who came to us after their sites had suffered manual penalties, and months had passed with them trying to remove bad links and clean up perceived on-site issues, we wanted to take action that would help move them forward, in one direction (recovery) or another (start over). That is when we took into consideration site-wide 301 redirects to a new domain (GASP!).
Example 1: McCormick & Murphy, P.C.
McCormick & Murphy, P.C. is a personal injury lawyer based in the Denver metro area. When we first met with Jay and Kirk, the owners, they
had
been hit by some nasty malware and therefore were penalized. Nothing we
were doing helped (re-writing content, moving hosting, etc.). They had
completely just dropped off the face of the earth and we couldn’t
resolve the malware. After months of treading water, we decided to take
action in the form of a side-wide 301 redirect to a new domain. The
client purchased a new domain and set-up a new hosting account. We then
301 redirected their old site to the new one. And to the surprise of
most, within a couple of days the site had recovered completely in the
SERPs. The malware penalty did not transfer over and they were
performing better than ever. It has been well over a year and we have
only continued to improve:
Example 2: Crack Eraser Pro
When we signed with Crack Eraser Pro, we had no idea the project we had jumped into. When I initially had a peek into their link profile, I
wanted
to cry. Crack Eraser Pro (formerly, windshieldrepairkits.net) was hit,
and hit HARD. After many failed attempts of trying to recover
by removing bad links and building ones that were with Google’s
quality guidelines, we decided to try a redirect solution again. And
once more, the penalty was transferred over and suddenly Crack Eraser
Pro was performing again. Based on our experiences, we found that
traditional penalty recovery was ineffective for an algorithmic penalty.
But when we started new and fresh, suddenly everything was different.
It’s been awhile since we moved Crack Eraser Pro over and they have done
nothing but improve.Proper Redirecting
A complete site wide redirect should be performed with diligence. A 301 redirect will tell your web browser and any search engines that Page A is now permanently Page B. Once it’s in place, any user that has previously bookmarked or saved your site will be automatically transferred to the new site. From a SEO perspective using a 301 redirect, allows you to preserve any previously accumulated PageRank.
To create a 301 redirect, one must:
a) Set up URLs.
Ensure that your new URLs are correctly configured and live before you start the redirection process.
b) Create redirects.
If you are doing a global redirect, you can usually redirect your entire website at once. If you are doing individuals, there are some redirecting tools you can use to alleviate the process. We like to use the “Simple 301 Redirects” tool in WordPress.
c) Test.
Probably one of the most overlooked steps is to test your redirects. Make sure all of them transferred over correctly and you are not redirected to a 404 page.
d) Sitemap.
Ensure when you create a new URL, you create a new XML Sitemap.
Popular belief is that 301 redirects should pass about 90% of the previous site’s authority.
You may of course experience a dip in traffic or rankings in the period following the redirects (dancing) simply because it may take some time for the changes to make their way to Google’s index.
Conclusion
Time and time again with these penalty recovery stories, we hear of some methods being effective in some cases while those same methods fail completely in others. Algorithmic penalties can cripple SMB’s because the recovery process is highly ambiguous, and there is little predictability regarding the results. By obtaining new domains and 301 redirecting the penalized domain to them, we have been able to recover algorithmically penalized sites. And at the very least, we knew we would be moving forward, rather than continuing to tread water and spend money on activities that may never result in a recovery.
Reference :- http://www.searchenginejournal.com
EBriks Infotech :- SEO Company India SMO Company India PPC Company India
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