I'll be sharing best practices for assessing and recovering banned sites this next Wednesday at WebmasterWorld Pubcon Las Vegas.

It's pretty hard to get 'accidentally' banned by Google these days. Either someone reports your site for a borderline technique or you are knowingly pushing the boundaries and trigger a flag with the engines. In both cases, there is intent.

We've been through the process of advising our friends and clients for the recovery of hundreds of banned sites. It's not always pretty, but I'll share what we've learned in the process… Continue reading