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Why was my website banned from Google?
Google's Requirements
Make pages primarily for users, not for search engines. Don't deceive your users or present different content to search engines than you display to users, which is commonly referred to as "cloaking". Don't fill your page with lists of keywords, attempt to "cloak" pages or put up "crawler only" pages. If your site contains pages, links or text that you do not intend visitors to see, Google considers those links and pages deceptive and may ignore your site.
Don't feel obligated to purchase a search engine optimisation service. Some companies claim to "guarantee" high ranking for your site in Google's search results. While legitimate consulting firms can improve your site's flow and content, others employ deceptive tactics in an attempt to fool search engines. Be careful; if your domain is affiliated with one of these deceptive services, it could be banned from our index.
Don't use images to display important names, content or links. Our crawler doesn't recognise text contained in graphics. Use ALT attributes if the main content and keywords on your page can't be formatted in regular HTML.
Don't create multiple copies of a page under different URLs. Many sites offer text-only or printer-friendly versions of pages that contain the same content as the corresponding graphic-rich pages. To ensure that your preferred page is included in our search results, you'll need to block duplicates from our spiders using a robots.txt file. For information about using a robots.txt file.
Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. A good rule of thumb is whether you'd feel comfortable explaining what you've done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"
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Summary
Avoid hidden text or hidden links.
Don't use cloaking or sneaky redirects.
Don't send automated queries to Google.
Don't load pages with irrelevant keywords.
Don't create multiple pages, subdomains or domains with substantially duplicate content.
Don't create pages with malicious behaviour, such as phishing or installing viruses, trojans or other badware.
Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programmes with little or no original content.
If your site participates in an affiliate programme, make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.
If we determine that your site doesn't meet these guidelines, we will let you know in our report, you then have the option of modifying your site yourself so that it does meet Googles requirements and then submit your site to Google for reconsideration, or if you need help then we will give you a quote to make these changes for you and contact Google on your behalf explaining that the website has been corrected and requesting that they reinclude it in their listings.
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We can check your website for reasons it may likely have been banned from Google for just £250
We will check the website and send you a report of our findings, this will give you the oportunity to correct these yourself or you can take us up on the quote we will provide at the same time to make the changes to your website for you. There are just a couple of conditions that you need to meet in order to qualify for this service.
First, your website must not be in any way pornographic
Second, your website must not be in any way religious, racist or political
If your website passes the above criteria then we can help you check why your website was likely to have been banned.
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