Comments on: 9 Tips for Getting Your Manual Link Penalty Overturned

By: Robert Ramirez

Robert Ramirez — Fri, 30 May 2014 21:46:53 +0000

In reply to vishal vivek. Thanks for the comment Vishal. There is no doubt that the reconsideration process is intentionally made difficult by Google. If you try and spam your way to the top, it's easy to get a penalty, but it's not so easy to remove it.

By: Robert Ramirez

Robert Ramirez — Fri, 30 May 2014 21:44:51 +0000

In reply to Tony H. Glad to hear I'm in good company Tony H. Thanks for the read (and the comment)!

By: Robert Ramirez

Robert Ramirez — Fri, 30 May 2014 21:44:11 +0000

In reply to bernardo.

Thanks for the comment Bernardo. It’s hard to give advice without knowing all of the specifics, but if the site has had its manual penalty removed, it should be fine to link to a relevant partner site. Also – penalties usually don’t transfer through links, a 301 redirect is a different story, but a link shouldn’t hurt you. It’s all about the context and purpose of the link. If it makes sense for the visitor, then link away!

By: Robert Ramirez

Robert Ramirez — Fri, 30 May 2014 21:40:16 +0000

In reply to miketat. Thanks for the comment - and good luck getting that penalty removed!

By: miketat

miketat — Tue, 27 May 2014 12:38:24 +0000

Interesting and informational tips provided here. I also tried to get out of penalties but didn’t find some solutions which are described here. Point 8 and 9 are excellent and everyone should accept not to make unnatural links and not to do spamming.

By: bernardo

bernardo — Mon, 19 May 2014 08:39:01 +0000

Hello from spain
I have been helping a friend to go out from a manual action due to bad links. After 6 reconsideration (and obviously much more disavow links processes) I finally see that the penalty was erased from the WMT dashboard. Phew… what a hard job !
My question is : because this old web site is still PR3 and DA40, do you believe we can put a very simple link (not a 301 redirect of course) saying (for ex.) “…we are moving to a new web site” with the link to this new site WITHOUT keeping the penalty and the bad neighborough (even we heven’t anymore this penalty ) ?
I just want to help the new site to get some trafic/visits and maybe some “juice” DA,PA and PR ?
Thanks for any help and experiences about this question !
Bernardo

By: Tony H

Tony H — Tue, 13 May 2014 02:00:19 +0000

A friend just came to me with this issue. I gave her almost exactly all these tips. Great minds think alike!

By: Sunday

Sunday — Fri, 09 May 2014 11:26:05 +0000

Well, the caveat and afterthoughts are noted. Every link penalty situation is unique, and I agree that if one can apply these tips he/she would be at a better advantage of taking care of link penalty!

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By: vishal vivek

vishal vivek — Thu, 08 May 2014 09:43:56 +0000

Excellent guide Robert !! I too think that Google makes it harder to recover from penalty to drive its point and rejecting the first round of reconsideration request to force the webmasters out of their comfort zone.
Once gain, very practical guide. Thanks for sharing.

By: Arun@DigitalVani

Arun@DigitalVani — Thu, 08 May 2014 06:08:22 +0000

Really nice tips. Hope this will help webmasters struggling with Google penalty. Surely they have to work hard.

Thanks