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Is your penalized website GUILTY of doing this?

by Pnigro
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The only reason I can think of why my site got penalized is because it attacks similar keywords on different pages.

For example, if you have a blog that has articles like these:

How to lose weight fast in 10 days
Tips for losing weight quick before summer
3 strategies for getting rid of fat
How to get rid of fat quick

Google might look at your website and think "Hmmmm, these are all keywords that mean the same thing. This could be addressed in one single page, no need for several pages."

My site has original and useful content, but I'm guilty of using this strategy.

If that's the reason I got penalized, then I can understand.

The problem, however, is that the sites that have replaced my rankings are absolute CRAP. They look like they were made back in the 90s and their content is one million times worse than mine. Some are even irrelevant to the searches.

Google shouldn't penalize over optimized websites if the websites that are going to replace them have 100x times worse content.
#guilty #penalized #website
  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    It's not surprising the crap is showing up. If Google really did eliminate a majority of optimized websites, that leaves the crap unoptimized ones in their place.
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    • Profile picture of the author mattysaff
      Its due to new algorithm update of Google which is called over optimisation of a website. Matt cutts has explained very well about it in Google blog.
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      • Profile picture of the author Pnigro
        Originally Posted by mattysaff View Post

        Its due to new algorithm update of Google which is called over optimisation of a website. Matt cutts has explained very well about it in Google blog.
        I am aware of that.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Multiple pages with unique similar content & titles on the same site is not over optimized.

    If your not keyword stuffing pages, there is nothing wrong with these page titles so long as each page is unique quality content.
    • How to lose weight fast in 10 days
    • Tips for losing weight quick before summer
    • 3 strategies for getting rid of fat
    • How to get rid of fat quick
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    • Profile picture of the author Pnigro
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Multiple pages with unique similar content & titles on the same site is not over optimized.

      If your not keyword stuffing pages, there is nothing wrong with these page titles so long as each page is unique quality content.
      • How to lose weight fast in 10 days
      • Tips for losing weight quick before summer
      • 3 strategies for getting rid of fat
      • How to get rid of fat quick
      Then my site did nothing wrong and I was unfairly penalized.

      I never bought link packages or used automated software like AMR or SeNuke.

      I only included the keyword 2-3 times inside the content of each article.
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      • Profile picture of the author LimitLessJZ
        Originally Posted by Pnigro View Post

        Then my site did nothing wrong and I was unfairly penalized.

        I never bought link packages or used automated software like AMR or SeNuke.

        I only included the keyword 2-3 times inside the content of each article.

        And your keyword was in the anchor? IF you built links manually, did you use your keywords as anchors back to your site?
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        • Profile picture of the author Pnigro
          Originally Posted by LimitLessJZ View Post

          And your keyword was in the anchor? IF you built links manually, did you use your keywords as anchors back to your site?
          Here's the backlinking I did:

          1) Submitted my site (homepage) to website directories.

          2) Sent some of my articles to social bookmarking sites using Onlywire.

          3) Submitted my website RSS feed to RSS feed aggregators.

          How can I be penalized for doing that?

          It is as white hat as it can get.
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          • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
            Originally Posted by Pnigro View Post

            Here's the backlinking I did:

            1) Submitted my site (homepage) to website directories.

            2) Sent some of my articles to social bookmarking sites using Onlywire.

            3) Submitted my website RSS feed to RSS feed aggregators.

            How can I be penalized for doing that?

            It is as white hat as it can get.
            Pnigro instead of worrying about where your site went in Google, why not check some of the other search engines and see where you are there.

            Don't depend so much on one Search Engine to define the status of your site. Use other methods for traffic and earnings. The WF has an abundance of threads, many of them from very helpful senior warriors, on boosting traffic from loads of other ways to lessen dependence on whatever Google is doing.

            Keep in mind that the serps are being rearranged not only by Google, but by webmasters as well. There's going to be changes. If your site is good, it could also come back to the same place or even better.
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          • Profile picture of the author GodMode52
            Originally Posted by Pnigro View Post

            Here's the backlinking I did:

            1) Submitted my site (homepage) to website directories.

            2) Sent some of my articles to social bookmarking sites using Onlywire.

            3) Submitted my website RSS feed to RSS feed aggregators.

            How can I be penalized for doing that?

            It is as white hat as it can get.
            Maybe you simply got outranked by competition my friend. No backlinks no serp Cheers
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