What should you do if your website receives a manual action in Search Console?
Read the Manual actions report, fix the cause on the pages named, keep a record, then submit a reconsideration request saying what you changed. A manual action means someone at Google decided your site breaks their spam policies.
What a manual action is
A manual action means a person at Google reviewed your site and decided it breaks their spam policies. It appears in the Manual actions report, and Google emails the property owners. It's rare, and different from a drop in rankings.
What to do
- Open the report and read which policy and which pages are named.
- Fix the cause on those pages, or remove the content or links.
- Keep a record of what you changed.
- Submit a reconsideration request saying what was wrong and what you did.
After that
Google reviews the request and tells you the result. This can take time, so don't send repeat requests. These are Google's own steps. If you want a second look at the site while you do this, see our content and SEO service.
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We make each page answer the search as fully as it can, and link to the expert where we aren't one. Then we get the basics right (keywords, titles, headings, internal links) and check in Search Console what the page actually appears for. Underneath it all, we write for the reader.
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