Google Penalty - How do I know if I have one and how can I recover from it?

Have you noticed a substantial loss in traffic or seen your Google rankings fall from the first page of the search engine result pages (SERPS)? You might have either a Google Penalty which is a manual action taken by someone in the webspam team or you could be suffering from a Google algorithm update or algorithmic filter. In this video, Jason Hennessey, from EverSpark Interactive walks you through the different reasons why you might have a Google Penalty which include: 1. Unnatural Links to your site 2. Unnatural Links from your site 3. Low quality or Thin Content 4. Pure Spam 5. Hidden Text or Keyword Stuffing 6. Or if your site might have been HACKED. He also goes on to talk about the difference between a Google Manual Action (or Penalty), which is usually confirmed in Google Webmaster Tools, vs a Google algorithmic filter which is harder to detect. Anytime you engage in activities outside the Google Webmaster Guidelines, you could find yourself in a trouble with Google. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35769?hl=en Jason also provides tips on how to confirm whether you are in fact penalized and if so, provides actionable recommendations on how to recover from a Google penalty. He also does a good job defining what a Google penalty is. If you would like some assistance with getting your penalty removed, EverSpark Interactive offers hourly consulting and we would be happy to help. EverSpark Interactive http://www.eversparkinteractive.com/seo-tech-audit/ 770-481-1766