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    • Michael.Leonard
      Michael.Leonard last edited by

      What is the best tool to check for the google penalty, What penalty hit the website. ?

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      • Softpatched
        Softpatched @Anass123hvnp last edited by

        Same issue with me for my website https://atozcrack.com

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        • Softpatched
          Softpatched last edited by

          @Anass123hvnp said in Google Penalty Checker Tool:

          I have a website dedicated to providing free software.
          https://atozcrack.com
          Did the decrease in traffic happen suddenly? Is it possible that it's due to a penalty?
          Could you please provide me with some advice? (Someone Else)

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          • seopack.orgamirm
            seopack.orgamirm last edited by

            There is no specific tool but you can analyze if suddenly your organic traffic dropped.
            Magazinentic.com you can check it as it can clear all your concepts.

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            • UniNets
              UniNets last edited by

              The best way to find your website is penalized or not is analyzing your Google analytics tool. Review your organic traffic in Google analytics tool. If there is drop in your traffic from the specific date when Google released any updates then might be you are penalized.

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              • Robert012
                Robert012 last edited by

                There is no authentic tool to check google penalty.
                you can visit this site to get the best product reviews available in the market
                http://buyersthing.com/

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                • Anass123hvnp
                  Anass123hvnp last edited by

                  my website is for puppies for sale

                  https://animal.direct

                  the traffic went down but not suddenly, is that maybe penalty?

                  please advise

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                  • mdsabbir704
                    mdsabbir704 last edited by

                    Hello you can check penalty on https://www.forexing.com/

                    my site penalty or no penalty please info. my site forex released website.

                    Thank you!

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                    • bridhard8
                      bridhard8 last edited by

                      You can use free seo tool by cuteseotools

                      https://www.cuteseotools.net/google-penalty-checker

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                      • anthonydnelson
                        anthonydnelson last edited by

                        Panguin is a great tool, but it requires you to give up your GA data (or at least it used to). If you want to keep your data private or get info on a site that you don't have GA access to, consider this tool which uses SEMrush traffic data and matches it up with Algo Update dates. http://feinternational.com/website-penalty-indicator/

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                        • TheZenAgency
                          TheZenAgency last edited by

                          Yeah Panguin is definitely the way to go with this one although you do need to access to the sites analytics. Also check out Moz's own list of updates which details the change and the date. Can be found here

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                          • Matt-Williamson
                            Matt-Williamson last edited by

                            I tend to use the Panguin Tool and look for sudden drops in traffic at update times - http://barracuda.digital/panguin-tool/ - it maps your sites google analytics against updates.

                            Hope this helps 🙂

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