Google: Penalties
5 things to check if your traffic suddenly drops
No one’s immune to traffic drops, and the causes may be easy to overlook. Still, to avoid barking up the wrong tree, gather the evidence...
Google sent 45M notifications through Search Console, 6M of which were search spam-related
Google sent about 3 million fewer manual actions this past year than the previous...
Ask the SMXpert: Google manual penalties explained
Have you ever gotten a manual penalty from Google? It's no fun. Contributor and SMXpert Kaspar Szymanski shares answers and insights on how to...
Google may issue manual actions over job schema on expired job listings
You'd better remove job listings from your website shortly after you fill those positions, or Google may penalize your...
Google warns webmasters not to use misleading event markup
Google can penalize your website if you use event markup in a misleading...
Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalized
Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and why you should steer...
Google Manual Actions: Frequently asked questions and their answers
Contributor Kaspar Szymanski addresses some of the most commonly raised questions and issues regarding Google...
All Google Manual Penalties Explained from SMX East
Eric Enge shared insights at the "All Google Manual Penalties Explained"...
Our ‘Ultimate Guide to Google Penalties’ launches today
Google penalty notifications - and how to respond to them - continue to be confounding issues for SEOs. Our new guide provides answers and...
Link free or die
Why are we so afraid of links? Columnist Julie Joyce goes through several of our biggest fears and discusses how healthy they really...
After rare Google confirmation of on-site penalty, Natural News is back in Google’s index
HealthNews.com confirms being reincluded in the Google index after being deindexed last week. ...
Natural News was not banned from Google over fake news
A Google webmaster violation is the reason this web site was penalized by Google, not because the site is...
Google confirms rolling out the mobile intrusive interstitials penalty yesterday
Google said the mobile intrusive interstitial penalty went live yesterday, but webmasters have not claimed any issues...
Google studying ways to deal with offensive search suggestions & results
Facing criticism over "fake news," inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive...
Google reviews schema guidelines to prohibit vulgar or profane language
Make sure your reviews don't contain profane or vulgar language. If they do, Google can remove your review rich...
How to avoid an outbound link penalty from Google
We've all heard of unnatural link penalties from having a spammy backlink profile, but columnist Tony Edward notes that your site's outbound...
Google Safe Browsing “Repeat Offenders” will get a 30-day time-out
Do you continue to violate Google's safe browsing policies? Well, Google is about to get stricter on...
Google labels your links, such as ‘footer’ or Penguin-impacted
Google's manual action team has access to look at a page's link labels and may use that to dig deeper into the site's...
Google says Penguin recoveries have started to roll out now
Have you been waiting two or more years to recover from your Penguin penalty? Google said the recoveries are starting...
Google Penguin doesn’t penalize for bad links – or does it?
You technically no longer need to use the disavow file to help fix your Google Penguin issues - here is...
