Penalty Recovery
Google manual action and algorithmic penalty diagnosis and recovery. We identify the cause, remove the problem, and rebuild lost ranking ground.
Losing 40, 60, or 80 percent of your organic traffic overnight is one of the most stressful things that can happen to a digital business. It usually has one of a small number of causes: a manual action from Google, an algorithm update, a technical incident, or a bad link building campaign from a previous agency.
Our penalty recovery process starts with diagnosis. We access your Google Search Console data, cross-reference traffic loss against known algorithm update dates, audit your backlink profile for toxic or manipulative links, and review your site for technical issues that could trigger a penalty.
Once the cause is identified, the recovery path becomes clear. For link penalties: disavow files, link removal requests, and in some cases a manual review request to Google. For algorithmic penalties: content quality improvements, technical fixes, and a structured timeline for recovery. For manual actions: a comprehensive reconsideration request with documented evidence of remediation.
We have handled penalty recovery cases resulting from previous agency link schemes, aggressive anchor text patterns, hacked content, thin or duplicate content issues, and unnatural site structures. Recovery timelines vary by case, but we give you a realistic estimate after the diagnostic phase.
What is included
A client
"Three years of link building from a black-hat agency caused a manual penalty that wiped out our organic traffic. The recovery process took four months and we came back higher than before."
Pricing
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Free initial analysis included. We confirm fit before any payment.