Did I get a PENALTY!?!??!

by Digitalis

Posted: 14 years ago 17 replies

I was cruising on page one and decided to build thousands of links in one go. I am now nowhere to be found on most SE including google of course however nothing appears on my google webmasters account? whats going on?

According to majesticseo.com though, I only have 380 backlinks and according to ahrefs I have "No results for specified domain/URL in Ahrefs Index."

How do I recover now?

thanks!

#penalty

Blue445nm 14 years ago

Originally Posted by eduguate

I was cruising on page one and decided to build thousands of links in one go.
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- Housing5 14 years ago
  
  Sounds like you done goofed... how much work have you put into this site? And have you made any other recent changes (i.e., themes, etc.)?
  
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  Digitalis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Housing5
  
  Sounds like you done goofed... how much work have you put into this site? And have you made any other recent changes (i.e., themes, etc.)?
  
  not much but enough. im sure it was the blast...
  
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  Housing5 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by eduguate
  
  not much but enough. im sure it was the blast...
  
  Ouch... I'd almost say scrap this site and use it as a case study on how to get out of the box.
  
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- Digitalis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Blue445nm
  
  I like testing the limits, but yeah I now know it was a dumb move. Thanks for you useless comment!
  
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Digitalis 14 years ago

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yukon Banned 14 years ago
Now you know why you shouldn't blast links at your pages.

Anytime you blast a page it's going to dance in the SERPs as Google servers try to recalculate the blasted pages correct SERP position.
1. Stop blasting junk links
2. Let the SERPs settle down, work on another site/project
3. Once the SERPs settle down, build a few quality links (no junk blast)
4. Repeat...
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Digitalis 14 years ago

So is this a penalty or sandbox? Would a penalty appear my google webmasters account.
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- FredJones 14 years ago
  
  Hope it's just a dance because of the link bombing.
  
  Tells you once more how easy it is to hurt competitors in Google these days.
  
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  Digitalis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by FredJones
  
  Hope it's just a dance because of the link bombing.
  
  Tells you once more how easy it is to hurt competitors in Google these days.
  
  Well my site is still ranking on page 1, 2, 3, and 7 on some local google SE's according to Rank Tracker, and it's still on page 1 on a couple bing and yahoo local SE's. But it doesn't appear on top 100 on most SE's.
  
  What would you say?
  
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gPlayer 14 years ago

Hope its google dance. Don't try to build any more bad links. Try to build few quality links.
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- Digitalis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by gPlayer
  
  Hope its google dance. Don't try to build any more bad links. Try to build few quality links.
  
  ok I'll hope, what if it's not?
  
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Digitalis 14 years ago

well, I came back to page 2 for a few days and now I'm complety gone google! what's going on?
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wadboram 14 years ago

Just make sure that you site is indexed then It could take up to 3 weeks to get back to your rankings especially if your site is that new
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- Digitalis 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by wadboram
  
  Just make sure that you site is indexed then It could take up to 3 weeks to get back to your rankings especially if your site is that new
  
  yes, it's still indexed, but in terms of rankings has been completly gone for quite a few days now.
  
  3 weeks? Not bad at all, I can defintely wait! Is that the most it can be?
  
  thanks!
  
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wadboram 14 years ago

Nobody can be 100% sure of what will happen and how long does it take. I'm sharing similar things that happen to one of the sites I own.
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Digitalis 14 years ago

ok, well we'll see, thanks a lot!
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