May 07
What To Do When Your Domain is Banned by Google
If you think your site has been banned, complete the following search in Google using your domain instead of ‘tkg.com’ [site:www.tkg.com] - if you see the image below, your site might be banned.
Have a brand new domain? - relax, it’s going to take a bit of time.
If your domain isn’t brand new, make sure that your site is only implementing ethical SEO techniques and that your entire site adheres to Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.
Once you’re sure your site meets the guidelines, be prepared to plead your case to Google in the form of a reconsideration request. Follow the instructions & include your contact information. Below is what we sent to Google:
Thank you in advance for taking the time to review this reconsideration request.
The Karcher Group just recently purchased www.tkg.com and after utilizing Google Webmaster Tools (sitemap, robots.txt, etc) and still not being indexed by Google after 1 week, we did some investigating and found that the domain we just bought (www.tkg.com) has been blacklisted for being mentioned within spam emails (SURBLs).
I can assure you that The Karcher Group (formerly www.thekarchergroup.com) does not participate in any email spamming schemes and adheres to all of Google’s guidelines. www.tkg.com does not violate any of Google’s quality guidelines and will always abide by Google’s quality guidelines in the future.
We appreciate that Google takes spam seriously and thank you for reviewing our reconsideration request.
Jennifer Geh
jen@tkg.comThe Karcher Group
5590 Lauby Road Suite 8
North Canton, Ohio 44720
330-493-6141
Now…we wait and see if Google reacts
May 7th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
This doesn’t always mean the domain is banned. For new domains it means that the index hasn’t been created for it yet. So people with new domains shouldn’t file a re-inclusion request. Also, google knows when ownership has transferred from one domain to another (To not allow people to ‘buy’ a rank from a previous site), so in this case it could still be that the site isn’t being indexed yet and rank will be re-assigned.
I would just be leary about instantly assuming it means your domain is banned.
Thoughts?
May 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Thanks Nate. Yes, if the domain is brand new and not indexed yet, this doesn’t mean that your site is banned - this post was a continuation to Blacklisted Domains . So for those with new domains, do some research first before worrying about submitting a reconsideration request.
To address your other comment - There’s a small chance that Google is still working things out, but that’s highly unlikely. We’ve covered all of our bases from proper 301 redirects, correct use of Google Webmaster Tools and have updated nearly all of the incoming links that used to drive traffic. We’ve also implemented a few additional linking techniques that should help out. Yahoo! has been indexing the new domain for 5 days now; I’d be surprised if Yahoo! is more superior in finding and indexing newly transferred domains than Google.
May 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
[...] Day 7 - We find TKG.com on a blacklist & submit a reconsideration request to Google [...]