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Posted By: DazzlinDonna 277 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-scoop.com)
Category: Google SEO
The days of Guilty Until Proven Innocent are soon to be over. Google will be removing the requirement that webmasters must admit to guilt - even if they believe they are innocent.
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from MattCutts 276 days ago #
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I've sent the request off, but bear in mind that it may take a while to get the form updated.

But the ball is rolling now, and thanks to Michael for raising the issue.

from sza 276 days ago #
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That's an extremely important change!

By not offering (up to now) one single official channel of communication for webmasters who believe they were mistakenly penalized, Google basically implied they never make a mistake that would hurt any website.

from janecopland 276 days ago #
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This is great. I've had more than one person express doubt when I've pointed them to the reinclusion request page. I think one guy's exact words were, "But if I fill this out, I'm telling them that I did something wrong when I didn't. I can't do this." I think he thought I was out of my mind when I tried to explain that everyone has to put in a guilty plea before their case will be heard.

from MattCutts 276 days ago #
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Jane, I think at one point we were concerned that people might just do reconsideration requests willy-nilly for anything ("Googlebot didn't visit your site in the last twenty minutes? Better do a reinclusion request! I've done three already today."). But now that the form is on the authenticated webmaster console, that's much less of a concern.

from evilgreenmonkey 276 days ago #
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Good stuff - although I'm never guilty of course. Just need to get those proxied Google Accounts set-up so that no re-inclusion requests are linked together ;o)

from MattCutts 276 days ago #
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Note to self: re-link the reinclusion requests that Rob de-links. ;)


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