What should I do if I don't know why I'm penalized?

[DikzakjeM]

nerd

[Akamaru820]

i dont wanna sound dumb but.......... how do you know if you have a penalty??

[MichaelDadona]

Thanks Matt - very useful info. Meaning that we can file for reconsideration and secondly, re-register at 'Fetch as Googlebot'

Dashboard > Labs > Fetch as Googlebot

[lilengineblog]

Im also confused, is this an old video? How did Matt manage to grow his hair so quickly?

[RedPige0n]

Maybe all other video's are old and he didn't cut his hair since ... ;)

Anyway, ... it's the message that counts, right?

[larssonk22]

all the videos were recorded ages ago, they answer a tonne of questions then split each into a vid, then probably pull one out of a hat.

[traxdata2k]

Hair? Is that a wig or is this an old video?

[sayweb]

very good

[takeallfree]

Matt can you give the solution ? Even i face the same problem

[gerinja]

very helpful, thanks

[soluwebcolombia]

Not very helpful

[freekzero]

AliceC asks a question that countless webmasters have struggled with, including myself on a couple occasions. Fact is, the specifics of Google's policies (ie. the technical details of how the Webmaster Guidelines are interpreted) are intentionally mysterious. And while I fully appreciate why that is, it sometimes leaves honest webmasters (who do NOT have a hacked site) in the lurch when something innocent they did triggered a false positive in Google's filters.

[calibris]

"If it appears that your site has been penalized... [but] cannot diagnose what the problem is, how do you proceed?..."

Answer: "Diagnose better."

^ ^

[rtsownage]

Answer: 42

[almightyvegeta87]

What the ....