Loading ...Websites are often penalised by Google when Google decides that they have come across an issue within a site. Whilst most webmasters try their very best to avoid gaining a penalty, many websites still receive them regularly. How Google decides to punish a website varies depending on what it is the business has done to receive a punishment. These punishments can also last for a varied amount of time with some being considered permanent. However, no matter what a website has done to deserve the penalty and no matter what the punishment is that they are given, as soon as a penalty is detected most webmasters become desperate to get rid of it.
Once you are aware that a penalty has been given to your website, it is time to start working on a strategy to have it removed. One of the most common reasons why a Google penalty is applied is when a website is viewed as stuffing too many keywords into the content it has. This can result in a drop in rankings in the search results and can therefore damage a business significantly. There are a few things you can do to help your website get back on track if Google has decided you have too many keywords in your web pages.
The first place to start is of course with the removal of all the keywords that have been stuffed into your content. Take out all the unnecessary keywords you have in your text and only leave those that are appropriate and that make sense. This will help your content to flow better and the information will be easy for visitors to your website to read and understand. High quality content that has been created for the target audience and not the search engines is of great importance. The removal of keywords may be a time-consuming task but it is vital if a penalty is going to be removed.
The next thing to do is to analyse the quality and number of links that you have to your website. Links are always a significant part of search engine optimisation and having quality links can help you gain respectability and credibility too. If your research reveals you do not have enough quality incoming links, begin working on rectifying this problem straight away.
Adding fresh, interesting and relevant content to a website is always a beneficial SEO technique and a method that can help your website improve its ranking in this sort of situation too. Write new content and also update your website with a blog or articles to help get it noticed and respected by Google again.
It can be very upsetting to find that Google has applied a penalty to your business but there are some ways to improve your chances for having the penalty removed and to help your business to once again have a productive relationship with the search engine. At SEO Consult, we can help you with your search engine optimisation campaign at any and every stage of the process. If you do have a Google penalty, we can help you to make the necessary changes to your website.
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