What is a Manual Penalty?
A manual penalty is exactly what it sounds like. A human being at Google looked at your site and flagged it to be penalized. Ouch! Granted the process typically starts with Google’s algorithm flagging your site for review before a person takes any action. In any case it stinks to get a manual penalty.
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How to Know if You Have A Penalty
If you haven’t added your site to Google Search Console (GSC)you’ll never know, so do that now and come back to this article. GSC gives you a wealth of information about your site, search stats, rankings, etc. It’s free and a must have for anyone who has a website. It also tells you what’s wrong with your site – technical errors, mobile friendliness and if you have a manual penalty.
How to Fix a Manual Penalty
Once you log into GSc you’ll see”Security and Manual Actions” on the left. Click that to see if you have a manual penalty and what the reason is. So now all you have to do it remove the thing that’s causing the penalty. Easy. The next step is to resubmit all offending pages to Google and…. wait… and wait… and wait…
The Good News
Assuming you fixed the problem you can rest assured that your site and rankings will rebound fairly shortly. But remember you’re the last inline of many many many people asking for forgiveness. You’ll get it but it won’t be immediate. If you’re not sure or want to be extra sure you’ve done what you need to, call one of our SEO Consultants in Dallas for a free site audit and evaluation. We’ll tell you everything that needs to be corrected and give you advice on what to do. Again, for free.
Obligatory paragraph
This paragraph is here just to extend the length of this article. Yes, a shameless way to make sure I wrote at least 300 words which is the bare minimum any article should be. Have a great day! 😉