Why did Google ban my website?

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About a week ago, Google banned my website on www.hairmagazine.info

Site had about 1.500 unique visitors a day and a lot of strictly unique content.
I had 4 Google Adsense blocks on site (2x image ad, 1x text ad, 1x link unit ad)

Site contains only a few links.
Anyone has an idea why would Google ban a site like this?
Is there any chance of getting this website back to Google's index?

Thank you for help!

#main internet marketing discussion forum #ban #google #website
  • It doesn't appear to infringe any form of TOS.

    I think the best bet is to just drop an email and hope you get a reply.
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  • Very strange. Is your website new? It may just be jumping around right now. You should check out google site tools to see if there are any issues with your website. From there you will see if google has a problem with you or now
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    • Maybe Google received DMCA notices for pictures on the site?

      There was a problem with one post as reflected by copyscape.com, but certainly not enough for a ban.

      Only Google can give you a real answer. My guess is celebrity pictures and copyright issues.

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  • Google took manual action on one of my sites, but I contested it and they apologized + reinstated it. Just send in a reconsideration request and let them know that your site provides value.
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  • Banned
    [DELETED]
  • Those celeb pictures will eventually bring a world of hurt from Getty or other major photo publishers once they catch wind. Be careful.
  • I thought you could only have 3 ad blocks from adsense?
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    • I was going to post this as well. Though I'm not sure if it's a recommendation or rule.
  • You have got a bunch of links from blogspot (owned by google) blogs that got banned.
  • I went to the site and you might have some words in the site where google has banned it. For example, make sure to check your text, like the word s (e) x and they can ban it when it has those types of words even when the words are within words. So, you may to check that.
  • You can only have 3 google ad blocks on your site.

    did you rip off any of those photos?

    if you only got 1.5 unique visitors per day, why not just start over. it sounds like you didn't lose much.

    be careful what kinds of links are on your site - links to sites known to distribute malware are a contributing factor.
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    • Last time I looked, you were allowed 3 ad blocks + 1 link unit, which is what the OP claimed.

      This is my guess. The celeb photos likely weren't licensed, thus violating both the copyright of the original publisher and the celeb's right to promote their own likeness.

      Some countries reverse the comma and the decimal point when writing numbers. In this case, Americans would have written '1.500' as '1,500'.

      If CaliChristian is correct, attempting to build SEO backlinks from a Google owned property, and getting caught at it, might just be an influence.

      It can't hurt to submit the reinstatement request, but don't hold your breath...
  • Banned
    I can only guess that copyrighted photos or something else you have done with linking to the site might be the problem, but it has been delisted. Those photos could get you into a world of trouble anyway.
  • Well I guess the celebrty images you have used on the website must be copy righted which has caused the issue.
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  • Contact Google and ask them why you were banned. That should assist greatly.
  • Take down all of your celeb photos...immediately! Also, go back and throw some commas in your articles...it feels like I'm reading a bunch of run-on sentences...
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  • email google and pray for a reply. Only then you'll be able to see actual reason. otherwise you might repeat same mistake with other site
  • Your site is banned because of the pics, I don't seeing any other reason why. Remove them and contact Google regarding this issue and hopefully they will lift their ban on you.

    Eric
    May Web Designs
    Twitter: @maywebdesigns
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