{"id":37100,"date":"2016-10-07T11:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T11:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optilocal.org\/24-seo-experts-reveal-their-favorite-google-penalty-recovery-tools\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T21:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T21:10:56","slug":"24-seo-experts-recommend-google-penalty-recovery-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optilocal.org\/24-seo-experts-recommend-google-penalty-recovery-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"24 SEO Experts Reveal their Favorite Google Penalty Recovery Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google penalties can have serious consequences for businesses relying heavily on <a href=\"https:\/\/optilocal.org\/organic-seo-vs-local-seo\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organic traffic<\/a> from search engines like Google not only do they risk losing visibility, but also potential customers who might never know their business exists if they don&#8217;t show up in SERPs anymore!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image_08485b-e5.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image_08485b-e5 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:702px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image_08485b-e5.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image_08485b-e5 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image_08485b-e5 figure{max-width:702px;}.kb-image_08485b-e5 .image-is-svg, .kb-image_08485b-e5 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image_08485b-e5 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image_08485b-e5 img.kb-img, .kb-image_08485b-e5 .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:28px;border-top-right-radius:28px;border-bottom-right-radius:28px;border-bottom-left-radius:28px;box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);filter:drop-shadow(0px 0px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image_08485b-e5\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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767px){.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id_f9c221-e9 .kb-table-of-content-wrap{border-top:1px solid #0693e3;border-right:1px solid #0693e3;border-bottom:1px solid #0693e3;border-left:1px solid #0693e3;}}<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#f8f4e7;font-size:16px\">\n<p><strong><em>More Resources :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/optilocal.org\/website-google-standards\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Ensure Your Website Is Google \u2013 Compliant : A Comprehensive Guide<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/optilocal.org\/google-reviews\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grow Your Business with Google Reviews in 2023: A Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4fa9cb-d3\"><strong>What is a Google Penalty ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Google penalty is a form of punishment that can be imposed on websites by the search engine giant Google. It&#8217;s usually triggered when a website has been found to have violated one or more of Google&#8217;s Webmaster Guidelines. The most common type of penalty is an algorithmic penalty, which occurs when your site gets demoted in rankings due to changes made by Google\u2019s algorithm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of penalty can be hard to spot and even harder to fix since it often requires significant website structure and content changes. Another type of penalty is a manual action when someone from the Google team manually reviews your website and finds violations of their guidelines. Manual actions are easier to detect because you will receive notifications via email or through Search Console about any issues they find on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common examples include thin content, keyword stuffing, unnatural links pointing back at your site (also known as link spam), cloaking (showing different content than what users see), and other types of manipulative behavior designed to boost rankings in search results pages (SERPs) artificially. Experts agree there are specific techniques, tools, and strategies that make recovery easier. Some are as the following:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_73dc0b-ab\">#1. <strong>Google Search Console<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Search Console is a critical resource for any business striving to maximize its web visibility. Setting up a<a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Google Search Console<\/a> account is essential for recovering from Google penalties. It can also help you analyze your site performance and identify issues that must be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating your account, it is essential to be precise when entering data about your website so that the search engine&#8217;s algorithm can correctly crawl and index the pages. This will ensure the search engine&#8217;s algorithm can accurately crawl and index your pages. Once you have set up the account, you can evaluate your website&#8217;s performance by examining metrics such as impressions, clicks, CTRs, average search result positions, and keyword stuffing errors. Analyzing these metrics lets, you pinpoint any issues preventing your website from appearing prominently in search engine results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further investigate any potential manual penalties, running some tests using Majestic SEO to get a detailed website backlink profile is worth running. This will help identify bad link-building practices which could have caused web traffic losses due to algorithmic updates over time. By analyzing the data and applying a thoughtful approach, it is possible to identify any problems leading to decreased rankings or organic search visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_233fa6-d8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_233fa6-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_233fa6-d8\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_233fa6-d8 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_233fa6-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_233fa6-d8\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_233fa6-d8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_233fa6-d8\">#2. <strong>&nbsp;Ahrefs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahrefs is an invaluable tool for SEO professionals, offering powerful insights into website performance and backlinks.&nbsp;It can help you identify and analyze backlinks, monitor your competitor\u2019s strategies, and gain insight into how they are ranking higher than you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the Site Explorer Tool in Ahrefs can be extremely beneficial when it comes to understanding how search engines view your website. This tool lets you quickly get an overview of all the pages indexed by Google and any manual or algorithmic penalties applied to them. Additionally, it provides detailed information about each page, such as keyword stuffing, bad link-building practices, low-quality content, and more \u2013 helping you identify potential issues with your site before they become major problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analyzing backlinks is another <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo-toolbar#:~:text=Ahrefs%20SEO%20Toolbar%20is%20a,pages%20and%20websites%20you%20visit.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">important aspect of SEO that Ahrefs helps<\/a> with. You can use this tool to uncover which websites are linking to yours and assess whether those links are good quality based on metrics like Trust Flow and Citation Flow. Any suspicious links pointing toward your website could result in a penalty from Google, so these must be identified early on and removed if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitoring competitors&#8217; strategies are also something that Ahrefs makes easy thanks to its &#8216;Competitors Report&#8217; feature, which shows what keywords other sites in the same niche rank for along with their top-performing pages so you can learn from their successes (and mistakes.). This data can then be used to create a better strategy for improving your rankings in search results without resorting to black hat tactics like buying links or keyword stuffing etc., which will only lead to further penalties if caught by Google&#8217;s algorithm updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most useful features of Ahrefs is its Penalty Indicator which flags up any changes made by Google recently that might affect your entire site, such as being completely de-indexed due to social media spamming or bad links.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5471b9-d5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5471b9-d5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5471b9-d5\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5471b9-d5 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5471b9-d5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5471b9-d5\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_5471b9-d5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5471b9-d5\">#3. <strong>Screaming Frog SEO Spider<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Screaming Frog SEO Spider is an incredibly useful tool for identifying and fixing website errors, making it a must-have for any serious local marketer.&nbsp;This powerful tool can crawl an entire site in minutes, giving you detailed information about the structure of your pages and any issues that may be causing algorithmic or manual penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crawling your website for errors with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screamingfrog.co.uk\/seo-spider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Screaming Frog SEO Spider<\/a> helps to ensure that all content is up-to-date and relevant. It can also detect keyword stuffing, bad link-building practices, low-quality pages, duplicate content issues, and more \u2013 all of which are potential indicators of a penalty from Google\u2019s ranking algorithm. By using this tool regularly to check for these issues, you can keep ahead of any changes made by Google updates and maintain good web traffic levels through organic search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generating XML sitemaps with the Screaming Frog SEO Spider makes it easier for search engines like Google to index your website properly. These sitemaps provide a list of URLs on each page and other important data, such as when they were last updated or modified, so search engine bots know what content needs to be crawled first when indexing websites.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_706e07-6d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_706e07-6d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_706e07-6d\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_706e07-6d mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_706e07-6d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_706e07-6d\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_706e07-6d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_706e07-6d\">#4. <strong>Moz Pro Tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/hub\/seo\/moz-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moz Pro Tools <\/a>are essential for any digital marketing professional looking to optimize their website and increase visibility on search engines. The Keyword Explorer Tool allows users to identify relevant keywords that can be used in the content, helping them rank higher in organic searches. It also provides data such as monthly search volume, keyword difficulty, and click-through rate so users can better understand the potential of each keyword they select.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Rank Tracker, marketers can track their rankings across different search engines and countries. This helps them determine which strategies are working best for their websites and adjust accordingly if needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Site Explorer is also a powerful tool for analyzing link profiles. It offers insights into how many backlinks a site has and the quality of those links based on metrics like Domain Authority and Page Authority scores. By understanding these metrics, marketers can improve their link-building efforts or take steps to remove low-quality links from their profiles that could harm performance in organic searches.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3e60b-6e\">#5.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>SEMrush Tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SEMrush is an incredibly powerful tool for recovering from Google penalties and can help you quickly identify potential website issues. SEMrush tools are also essential for local businesses to increase online visibility and gain an edge over competitors. The On-Page SEO Checker Tool is a nifty tool that helps you identify issues with your website&#8217;s content, such as keyword stuffing or low-quality pages, which can lead to algorithmic penalties from Google. With the Domain Overview Tool, you can investigate competitor strategies by analyzing their backlink profiles and uncovering what keywords they&#8217;re targeting to improve your SEO tactics. Finally, the Writing Assistant Tool recommends optimizing content for better rankings in search engine results.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e0b1b-13\">#6.&nbsp;<strong>Majestic SEO Tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Majestic SEO Tools are for any digital marketing professional or entrepreneur looking to establish an online presence for their local business. Majestic SEO offers two powerful tools to explore backlink profiles and evaluate trust flow and citation flow metrics. The Fresh Index and Historic Index provide detailed information about the referring domains, anchor texts, and other important data points of your website&#8217;s backlinks. This is incredibly useful for identifying bad link-building practices that could be causing algorithmic or manual penalties from Google&#8217;s ranking algorithm. Furthermore, the Citation Flow metric helps me grasp how much web traffic each page receives &#8211; allowing me to take corrective action before future Google algorithm updates do further damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majestic SEO Tools are an invaluable asset for any digital marketing expert looking to establish their local business online and stay ahead of the curve. It also has a Penalty Indicator feature that lets you see if your entire site has been completely de-indexed due to buying links or engaging in other black hat SEO tactics like social media spamming. This makes it easy for marketers to spot problems before they become serious, giving them time to take corrective action and improve their rankings through relevant content creation and better link-building strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_273285-33, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_273285-33[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_273285-33\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_273285-33 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_273285-33[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_273285-33\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_273285-33 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_273285-33\">#7. <strong>Google Analytics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Analytics is essential for any digital marketer or a local business looking to understand their web traffic and user behavior. With it, you can set up goals and events tracking, analyze traffic sources, create custom reports, and gain valuable insights into your website\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting up goals and event tracking helps you measure the success of specific actions on your website, such as form submissions or downloads. Tracking metrics like pageviews per session, bounce rate, and duration on-site can give insight into how visitors engage with your content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By understanding website traffic sources, businesses can more effectively allocate resources to maximize leads and sales. This data can be used to optimize marketing efforts by focusing more resources on channels that generate the most leads or sales for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generating personalized reports facilitates the ability to delve into analytics data, thus enabling knowledgeable choices about optimizing performance on various segments of your website. For example, there is a page with high bounce rates but low conversions. In that case, this could indicate an issue with the design or copywriting, which needs addressing to increase engagement levels and ultimately drive more sales through the funnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Analytics provides penalty indicators that allow marketers to stay ahead of algorithm updates from Google by monitoring their website\u2019s visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). If there is a sudden drop in rankings, this could be due to one of many factors, such as keyword stuffing or bad link-building practices &#8211; all things which should be avoided at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_4edeb4-c7\"><strong>FAQs about Favorite tools for Recovering From Google Penalties According to 24 SEO 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.kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active{border-top-color:#f3690e;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#f3690e;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#f3690e;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#f3690e;border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id_cfd481-b3 kt-accordion-has-2-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"false\" data-start-open=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane_5e10b8-0a\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>How do I recover my Google algorithm penalty?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Recovering from a Google algorithm penalty requires an in-depth analysis of your website and online presence. First, identify the issue that caused the penalty by reviewing recent changes to your website or any other SEO-related activity. Once you have identified the cause, take corrective action, such as removing any suspicious content or links, addressing technical issues with your site, optimizing for local search results, etc. Finally, submit a reconsideration request to Google through their Search Console platform and await their response. With proper diligence and effort, it is possible to recover from a Google algorithm penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane_50584f-d9\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>How do I appeal to Google or search engines if Penalized?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>To appeal to Google or other search engines if penalized, you should first identify the reason for the penalty. Once identified, take steps to rectify it and submit a reconsideration request with details of your efforts. Developing content tailored to regional searches, adhering to web design and coding regulations, and ensuring your site doesn&#8217;t have any malicious links or code are all essential steps for staying in good standing with Google. Finally, monitor your site regularly and keep up with algorithm updates from Google to maintain good standing within their indexing system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21e699-7d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21e699-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21e699-7d\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21e699-7d mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21e699-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21e699-7d\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_21e699-7d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21e699-7d\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts have spoken, and the verdict is clear: when recovering from Google penalties, several favorite tools are available. 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