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Penalized By Google

by DanielMeyers75
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Hello all.


I am in the process of purchasing a domain name that is expired. How can I tell if it has been penalized by Google without signing up for Analytics?


Thanks,


Daniel
#google #penalized
  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
    Hey Daniel

    Welcome to the WF. This REALLY should be posted in the SEO section of this website, so make sure you post any SEO related questions there next time

    Anyways, you can't see if it's got a FULL penalty without getting access to webmaster tools, but you CAN see if it's indexed or not

    Go to google, and do a search like this:

    site:TheWebsite.com

    If results show up, it's indexed - if NOT - then it's not indexed and there's a very good chance it's penalized

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben West
    Jeff above pretty much summed it up, but if the site has been empty and idle for a significant time it may not be indexed but also not penalized. Not a huge lot you can do if this is the case, but you can always look up the sites backlinks on Majestic, Ahrefs or OSE to see whether it has had blackhat SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author fpforum
    I agree with what others have suggested. You can always do a site:domain.com check in google to see if it's currently indexed. Although if its expired it was probably dropped even if it wasn't penalized. Look over the previous work that's been done to it and see if things look spammy. If they do, then it's a possibility.
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