Types of Google Penalty and How to distinguish them
Google Penalty is not something new in the world of SEO, but it will take a lot of attention and energy of SEO experts if it happens.
It is frightening to imagine organic search traffic being swept clean in just one night.
The impact of the penalty is also very serious.
Given that Google is the largest search engine in the world, the most organic search source comes from it.
If you get a penalty from Google, the first thing you have to do is find out what type of penalty you get.
Because this type of penalty requires different corrective actions.
Even SEO experts have the possibility of errors in fixing it.
And for those of you who are still relatively new to the term SEO, you need to know this.
Type # 1: PENALTI MANUAL
It is impossible for an algorithm that can now accurately detect all types of exposure to Google regulations.Sites that have the potential to violate will be marked and will be reevaluated by quality ratersGoogle employees.
If they find something suspicious, they will give you a penalty.
The good news is that if you do something with a specific purpose clandestinely, you will not be subjected to a manual penalty. In addition, Google will provide transparent information about this type of penalty.
To check if you get a manual penalty, enter the Google Search Console.
If you get a penalty, there is usually a notification message about it.
Click on "All Messages" on the main dashboard of your account (to see all sites, or click on "Messages" in the menu next to individual sites.
Or, you can see the "Search Traffic> Manual Actions" section on the menu.
say you are not punished, but maybe you will see a message like the following picture:
There are many different types of manual penalties.
Some of them will lead to the entire website page or just a few pages.
You need to remember that if you check for a long penalty, the possibility of a penalty has expired.
There are manual penalties that expire at one time and some others last longer.
If, your penalty has expired, it means you don't need to make repairs.
But if not, chances are you will get a penalty again if you have had other manual penalty reviews.
Usually, messages that indicate the absence of a manual penalty say "No manual webspam sections found."
Penalty type # 2: PENALTI ALGORITHM
If you think you are being penalized but cannot find a manual penalty message, that means you are penalized by an algorithm.Basically, Google made different algorithms to detect spam and other forms of violation, and then found a violation, then gave a penalty to the site. You need to investigate the cause of your penalty.
The hard part about this penalty is that you don't get a clear message on SC or anywhere.
So you need to find out and find the cause of your penalty.
To find out which algorithm "slaps" your site, you need to match the date when you see the penalty occur with the date when Google runs one of the algorithms.
If you regularly monitor your SEO, you will find it easier because you know the algorithm for every SEO that affects your site.
And to find out when you got a penalty, use Google Search Console, Google Analytics, or both.
If the problem lies in traffic, it will be easier to use Google Analytics.
But if the problem is in the index, Google Search Console is more needed.
For traffic problems, enter GA, and select a long date period on your default overview audience panel.
The date when you get hit with a penalty will be quite clear.
Then, mark the date.
If the problem lies in deindex, go to "Google Index> Index Status" in SC, and see where the graph drop occurs.
Record the date when the deindex problem started.
The decline in the graph may be difficult to see, not as clear as the decline in the graph on traffic problems.
Now, after you know the types of manual or algorithmic penalties and how to distinguish them, your next step is to find out the purpose of the penalty imposed on you.
Because each target algorithm has a different type of violation and requires different handling.