Notice of DMCA removal from Google Search
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Dear Mozer's
Today I get from Google Webmaster tools a "Notice of DMCA removal" I'll paste here the note to get your opinions
"Hello,
Google has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that some of your materials allegedly infringe upon the copyrights of others. The URLs of the allegedly infringing materials may be found at the end of this message.
The affected URLs are listed below:
http://www.freesharewaredepot.com/productpages/Ultimate_Spelling__038119.asp"
So I perform these steps:
1. Remove the page from the site (now it gives 404).
2. Remove it from database (no listed on directory, sitemap.xml and RSS)
3. I fill the "Google Content Removed Notification form" detailing the removal of the page.
My question is now I have to do any other task, such as fill a site reconsideration, or only I have to wait.
Thank you for your help.
Claudio
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Then you agree 100% with Marie.
Thank you for your time
Claudio
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You don't have to worry about the emanuel update just yet. It's just one notice.
If you filled the counter form, then no, you don't have to do anything else. There's no need to file a reconsideration request.
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I agree 100% with you, this is our first DMCA and it applies only on one particular product page.
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Hmmm... I don't know that anyone has the exact answer to this question. From what I understand, Emanuel (the name for this update) is considered more of an adjustment than a penalty.
The official Google blog says that if a site has a lot of DMCA takedown requests filed against it then the site will rank lower in the SERPS. But if it's just one page, it would seem to me that this would not necessarily be the case.
Here's a quote from Search Engine Land:
Google might argue, as it has done with Penguin, that Emanuel isn even a penalty at all but rather an “adjustment.” The sites hit by Emanuel won’t be penalized. They just won’t be as rewarded when the new system kicks in.
Adjustment or not, my guess is that it will feel like a penalty to the sites hit. They’ll drop from the first page of search results and effectively be invisible. Chances are (I’m checking on this, this will be a signal that’s periodically checked, so that if a site seems to have received fewer requests over time, it might see its rankings get restored.
Postscript: Google said it was too early to detail how the process will work and that it will be “adjusting as we go.”
For my sites, a 10% drop could be a normal fluctuation so it's hard to say whether your whole site has been penalized or not.
Sorry I don't have the answer. I'll be paying attention to this thread though in case someone has more information!
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Yes our traffic was down in 10% and no other pages with this issue, our site is a Shareware directory, we include products from authors.
What is your opinion ? what is your recommendation as next step?
Thank you for your time
Claudio
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Did your site's overall traffic decline as a result of having this page?
Do you have other pages with copyright infringements on them?
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