Google penalty » Reasons of penalty
Reason of Google penalty and how to find it
heck the following in your Google webmaster tools: Dashboard — Overview. If the Googlebot has problems accessing your home page, it will return a message like the following: “Googlebot cannot access your home page because it is blocked by robots.txt.” In this case, you need to remove the robots.txt in your web server root directory and submit a re-consideration request to Google. You can read more about submitting reconsideration requests here: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35843 Also, you should go to your home page and view the source. You should NOT see this code: <META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW”> This code tells Google not to index your home page, and, at the same time, not to follow the links in your navigation menu. If you see this, then remove it and submit a reconsideration request. b. If the above test turns … Read entire article »
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Is there a Google penalty for promoting your websites on Twitter or Social Media Sites?
Traffic on these websites have dropped off immediately after I started promoting them on Twitter. Bestnewarticles.com has some original content on the ‘exclusive articles’ page and free-psychic-help.com has all original content. Both sites have been online for almost a year. Thanks. 1 person says this answers the question: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66356 “Links are usually editorial votes given by choice, and the buzzing blogger community can be an excellent place to generate interest.” … Read entire article »
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