Manual and algorithm ban
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Hi guys, what is the difference between a manual penalty in the results and an algorithm?
If its algorithm its usually a couple of pages but a manual do you get deindexed or put say 10 pages back?
Any advice on how to best determin if a push back in results is manual or algorithm would be great. This will best help me judge how long it will take to get back to where I was with one of my sites once i have cleaned up some of my back-link profile.
Thanks.
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Thanks guys.
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Hi Paul,
In addition to Marie's post you may be interested in mine:
Understanding Google Penalties & Filters
The book "SEO Secrets" does a good job explaining the differences as well.
Thanks,
Dave
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Hello Paul,
Here is a great blog post by Marie Haynes, that gives you everything you could possibly need to know about the difference between an algo penalty and a manual penalty. Might as well not have to reinvent the wheel.
I hope that helps!
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