Comments on: Filing a reinclusion request

By: SEO WebWorks

SEO WebWorks — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:46:10 +0000

KRISTINA: “In your posts, you mention that google needs to know 1) that the spam has been corrected or removed and 2) that it isn’t going to happen again.

However, what if I bought the domain from someone else and had no idea of what happened in the past?”

When you file a request for reconsideration, you can include that in your comments which will let Google know that your site is under new ownership and that your current site meets Google’s guidelines. Best of luck!

By: marekk

marekk — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:14:58 +0000

Fuck you and your reinclusion request !!

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:16:15 +0000

Its tricky i prefer to start with a new domain everytime as you never know what its been used for in the past. Ive used 301’s in the past and they have worked well

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:32:48 +0000

In your posts, you mention that google needs to know 1) that the spam has been corrected or removed and 2) that it isn’t going to happen again.

However, what if I bought the domain from someone else and had no idea of what happened in the past?

By: Imran

Imran — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:03:24 +0000

Hi Matt

I agree with Simon. It would be great if Google could provide such a tool which helps identify if a site has been penalised. My web directory site was penalised over a year ago. Rankings went from page 1 to page 7 and Pagerank from 4 to 0.

I have since tried everything I could to remove anything which may have caused the penalty and have filed many reinclusion requests.

Recently, my site recovered some of it’s PR but site rankings still remain low. I still continue to look through my site and always on the look out for advice which will help me remove any issues. Now a days advice comes at a cost. No one wants to provide such advice without being given some $$$

It’s really difficult knowing whether a site has been penalised so it would be helpful if Google could point webmasters in the right direction.

I hope Google will provide such tool in the near future.

By the way, i think you’re doing a great job with providing Webmasters with useful info.

Thanks and all the best

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:47:51 +0000

Can Google not create a tool that at least checks the system to determine whether your site/domain has receieved some sort of penatly? At first I thought it might have just been an algorithm change, however I’m certain that wouldn’t change my ranking from 3 to 400!

Guilty until proven innocent I guess.

By: Mani

Mani — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:12:18 +0000

I know the reasons behind not alerting via webmaster tools that a site is under penalty, and they make perfect sense, however do you think there is value to be had in (slightly) more tailored responses to the reinclusion form? The reason I mention this is simply there’s no way of telling for sure whether you had a penalty and whether what you did fixed it. This can leave webmasters living in fear of making the slightest change and being penalised for it. Even a simple response would help – something like: a) Yes, you were penalised and now you’re not, b) You were penalised and you still are, or c) You’re not penalised, don’t worry.

Also, does anyone know how long after reinclusion the site will be back at its original ranking?

Mani

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:23:58 +0000

We’re in the midst of a reconsideration request.

What’s pro forma after receiving of an inclusion request… any acknowledgement by Google of the request? if so, within a xx weeks?

How would someone know for certain that the reinclusion request has been received?

Any suggestions for protocol without being overbearing, but appropriately concerned?

Thanks.

By: jatropha, jatropha seed

jatropha, jatropha seed — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:56:12 +0000

I get a lot of comment spam on my sites. Is there a way to report these link spammers to Google so they can be considered for a spam penalty?

By: Jordan McClements

Jordan McClements — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:22 +0000

“301s from an old site to a new site shouldn’t cause any problem, so I wouldn’t use a reinclusion request for that.”

301s from my old site to my new site have worked fine for google ‘web’ results, but have caused huge problems with Google ‘Image Search’ traffic which accounted for just over 50% of my total traffic.

(I reckon I’ll lose over $1000 in Adsense income at this rate).

I know this is not the perfect place to post this question, but I have tried everywhere else, and Adsense support no longer respond to emails it seems…

Do I just have to wait 3 or 4 months for my images to be re-included in the image search results or is there *anything* I can do to speed this up?

Thanks!