Getting Your Site Unblocked By Google
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While every website owner hopes they'll never need to know how to get a site unblocked from a Google ban, it's still vital for website owners to know. Find out what to do first such as verifying the site is banned and not just in the "sandbox".
Jane stared at the computer screen with a mixture of disbelief and horror. Her site had disappeared from the Google listings, and her Google toolbar showed a grey line. Her site had been banned from Google, and she wasn’t entirely sure why it happened.
After thinking back for a moment, Jane remembered what might have incurred Google’s wrath. Her fly by night alleged search engine optimization (SEO) expert had added violated Google’s webmaster guidelines, and used her site to do it. The doorway pages, cloaked sections, and hidden text, he had assured her, would give her site much higher search rankings than ever before.
The unscrupulous SEO was partly right, as Jane’s site did rise in the search engine results pages (SERPs). The problem was that the results were short lived, and had got her site banned from the Google index. Her site was nowhere to be found. She didn’t know what to do. She had no idea as to how to get her site reinstated and get herself back into Google’s good graces.
This nightmare scene has been played over and over by many unsuspecting website owners. Their sites have been blocked from the Google listings, and the owners have no idea about how to get their site reindexed. Whether the owner was aware of the breaches of Google’s webmaster guidelines or not, the results were the same. The site got banned.
Something every website owner should know is how to get a site unblocked from a Google ban. It’s also information that every webmaster hopes will never be needed for their websites.
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