What is Google Blacklist?

I don't know if you've heard of it."Google Blacklist". There are many administrators who are concerned about blacklisting their websites, resulting in wasted efforts.

While Google doesn't really keep a blacklist of every website they want to penalize, a website can be penalized by Google if it contains harmful content or downloads. This can also happen if "black hat" SEO tactics are used to trick Google into ranking a site higher than it should.

These penalties can result in the loss of a significant amount of traffic or even complete removal from Google's index. In general, penalties will be commensurate with the severity, with the most serious infractions receiving harsher penalties.

It is possible that a Google team member noticed that the site violated their guidelines and manually applied a penalty. These penalties will show up in the Google Search Console s."manual operation"and"security issue"Part.

Alternatively, Google's algorithm may penalize a website by ranking it lower because it is not optimized for the search engine. Perhaps the content isn't helpful or doesn't match the keywords people are searching for, or the site has technical problems, such asSlow loadingThe

1. Recognize and fix manual actions taken by Google

One way Google penalizes sites it follows is "manual operation". That is, Google's human reviewers find sites that violate their rules and manually apply a penalty.

These penalties are usually aimed at websites that try to manipulate Google's rankings. google addresses this behavior.

However, these issues are usually penalized less severely than security issues, which can jeopardize the safety of users.

To find out if Google is taking manual action on a WordPress site, log in to the Google Search Console account, then navigate to the"Safety and Manual Operation" ""Manual Operation"".

Tip:If a sitemap has also been submitted in Google Search Console, it's important to understand how to put theAdd Google Search Console to WordPress WebsiteThe

See any manual penalties given by Google here.

If you see a "No Problem Detected" message, you are not taking any manual action against the site.

You can go to section 2 below to see if Google has flagged any security issues.

However, if there are manual actions, you need to fix them and then submit a re-review request to Google. We'll talk about that below.

Let's start by looking at how to solve the most common manual handling problems.

Website contains spam

may have received a manual action because the site contains spam content. Sites that do this intentionally deserve to be blacklisted, but sometimes spam content is left by users or third parties:

• Users leave comments containing advertising links
• Hackers gained access to the site and added spam links to the content
• If the site has user forms, then users may leave spam content there

To check if the site hasWith links to advertisementsmaybeSpam comments from spam usernames, click on the dashboardcommentaries Then the commentMark as spamThe

The presence of unnatural backlinks on the website

Google treats every link on a website as a referral. These links are calledbacklinkThe more backlinks you have, the higher you usually rank in the search results.

Some people try to get the word out by buying websites that point to their "unnatural link" to manipulate Google's ratings.Google will correctly penalize sites that buy backlinks and sites that sell backlinks.

However, there may unknowingly be links to or from less reputable sites, so make sure to remove links on your site that are related to theWebsite content mismatchmaybeAll external links that look like spamThe

The easiest way to remove multiple links is to use the AIOSEO. Simply go toAll in One SEO " Link Assistantand then click on "domain report".

This report will automatically highlight any links that look unnatural. Simply check the domains you don't want to link to and from the Bulk Actions menu select "removing", and then click "appliance" button will do.

If you do not want to remove all links pointing to a domain immediately, but would rather remove the links one by one by clicking on the domains in AIOSEO's Domain Report.

This will show you every link pointing to that domain and the posts containing that domain. Individual links can be removed by clicking the trash can icon on the right.

The next step is to remove harmful backlinks to your website. This is very technical, as Google lists all unnatural links under "Manual Actions".

It can be used in the Google Search ConsoleGoogle's Link Rejection Tool. This operation requires caution and careful reading of theGoogle Internet company Instructions on how to reject a link from a website.

However, accidentally removing healthy backlinks can reduce your website's SEO, and here we recommend leaving it to the SEO professionals.

Website contains useless content

Google also penalizes sites that have thin content and little value to readers, for example:

• Sites with a lot of low quality posts
• Sites with content duplicated from other sites
• Sites that use camouflage techniques to show Google content that is different from what the user sees

Low-quality content needs to be completely rewritten. This includesHigh bounce ratecontent that causes people to leave the site.

Bounce rates and traffic for different posts can be easily viewed using MonsterInsights, the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. Simply navigate to Insights " Reports.Then click Publishers " Overview tab will do.

Content contains keyword stacking

Another way people try to manipulate search engines is by using keyword stuffing. They fill web pages with keywords in hopes of getting higher rankings, as shown below:

It may be "over-optimized" by focusing too much on keyword research, which may cause Google to take manual action on the site.

In this example, the first 3 keywords are highlighted because their density is too high, which may cause Google to take manual action. We recommend keeping the keyword density around 2%.

2. Identify and fix security issues with Google tags

After checking the manual actions, also check the Google Search Console to see if Google has flagged any security issues with the site.Google's main focus is to protect its users from harm, so these penalties are usually more severe.

Simply navigate to the Google Search Console in the"Safety and Manual Operation" ""Manual Operation" is sufficient.

If there are any security issues, they are listed here along with a brief description. To fix these issues and then request Google to re-include the site, we show how to do this below.

If there are no manual actions or security issues, then the site has simply been penalized by Google's algorithm and can go straight to theHow to Fix Major Security Issues with Google FlagsThe

Content has been changed by hackers

If the content looks out of place, such as spammy links, garbled text, or topics that are not relevant to the site, it indicates that a hacker has accessed the site and altered the content.Google will flag this as a security issue.

Hackers often edit website content without their knowledge, sending visitors to theredirectsto malicious or unrelated websites. This is very dangerous to the security and privacy of users.

Website contains malware or phishing attacks

Google Search Console flags security issues when a website contains malware or tries to trick users into handing over personal information. These situations put users at risk.

This happens when Google recognizes harmful downloads or URLs that may take visitors to unsafe websites that spread malware.

Google blacklists about 10,000 websites every day to protect against malware and thousands of websites on phishing blacklists. They display warnings to users about the site, which can cause traffic to the site to plummet.

First, we'll start with Google's Safe Browsing ToolCheck the website for security reports.

3. Let Google audit the status of the site

Fixed manual actions and security issues that caused sites to be blacklisted and can be submitted for reConsideration of requestsThe company asked Google to remove the penalty.

This can be done by logging into your Google Search Console account and navigating to "manual operation"or"security issue" area to do this. Then, at the bottom of one of the questions, click the "Request for review" button will do.

Make sure the request is thorough so that the review is successful:

• Explain the guidelines and best practices for understanding Google and share where to find documentation about the issue, such as Google forums, YouTube videos, and Google's support page.
• Make sure to list everything that was done to fix the problem. Attach screen shots and other evidence.
• Let them know that the site is designed to help users, not to trick search engines, and that it will continue to follow Google's guidelines in the future.

After that, wait for Google to review the request and respond. Depending on the severity of the issue and the penalties, this could take days, weeks, or months.