How can I submit a reconsideration request while not having any manual action?
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Hello,
My URL is: www.BannerBuzz.com and it has been penalized by google algorithm and my all ranking are getting down so i have found some links and disavowed them in google webmaster tool and now I want to submit a reconsideration request with google but I am not able to do the same.
When I Click on "Request reconsideration of your site." it takes me to Check any manual action against my website. After Checking the manual action it says "No manual web spam actions found." and After that No Option to Submit My Request!
Can we submit a request while not having any manual action against the site?
Thanks
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Yes, earlier it was possible, but not now. And you don't have to appeal for reconsideration if you have not received a message for manual spam from Google.
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You used to be able to request reconsideration for any site. However, in the past, if you filed for reconsideration and there was no manual action against the site then you would receive a reply telling you that there was no manual action and that any ranking reductions could be due to algorithmic changes.
It sounds like you are thinking you have been affected by the Penguin algorithm. If this is the case, then you'll need to do a thorough cleanup of any manipulative links in your backlink profile and then you need to wait until Google refreshes the algorithm. If you have done a sufficient job then you will escape Penguin. However, if the majority of your links are unnatural then you may not see an improvement until you get some good links.
There are other algorithmic changes too that don't affect links such as Panda which looks at on site quality and is a bit harder to figure out what to do to clean up.
If you know you had manipulative links and you see a drop that fits on the date of a Penguin refresh then you are probably on the right track.
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Hey.
You can't submit reconsideration request if not got any manual penalty and in deed, you don't need to!
You must be victim of Penguin 2.1 which is alogrithmic penality which can't be reconsidered by request! You have already disavowed links. I analyze your back-links, try to disavow by considering following lines
- Almost 70% Money Anchors: This is the biggest issue. Bring it down to around 10 to 20% at maximum. Have a look: http://screencast.com/t/0dE6gJSbg
- Referring Domains: There are some referring domains that are in deed quality ones but I can see lots of low qualities directories, articles directories (Reputation of Spun Content Approval), Wheel links. These are not going to help anymore
Remarks
- Try to fix above issues manually or most probably through disavow tool
- Run Moz or Raven Tool and fix On Page issues if any
- Build More Natural Links (Top Business Directories (Yellow Pages, Merchant Circle etc, Few Press Releases, Few Guest Posts (Try to link in content) & others
- Get a blog going. Add information, related people are looking for. If you will answer problems of your niche, you are going to get lots of referrals & leads.
- Push social sharing
I hope, this will help!
Brady & Yiannis, Nice replies btw!
Regards
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You can't - and more importantly don't need to - submit a reconsideration request if you haven't received a manual action message in Webmaster Tools.
Sounds like you're on the right track if you've used the Disavow Tool. Hopefully you personally reached out to all the webmasters linking to you before using the tool? If not, using the Disavow may not be as effective. Make sure you've purged ALL the links that may draw suspicion. Personally, I'd rather disavow a link that's "good" if I have any questions about it instead of leaving a link that's "bad" in the backlink profile.
In order to begin to recover from the algorithmic penalty, I'd recommend you begin creating a white-hat link building campaign based around unique and valuable pieces of content. Good content that's relevant and important to your target customer with attract links naturally (over time).
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Hello,
The answer to your question is No. Reconsideration request applies only to manual penalties and not algorithmic ones. What you need to do is to go clean/disavow your profile from most toxic links or links you acquired close to the date you got the penalty and wait for the next update or a Google algorithm refresh.
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