What is Google Penalty?

[harshadbhusari]

Google penalties are punishments or negative impacts that hurt a website’s Google rankings or even remove them from search results entirely. If Google suspects a website violated its policies or uses “black-hat” SEO tactics, it may issue a penalty. Google hands out penalties manually as well as algorithmically.

[manoharkahaniyan]

Put simply, a penalty is a human "penalty" imposed on a website by Google's webspam team. This usually happens when a website violates Google's quality guidelines. This penalty results in a drastic drop in rankings and loss of organic traffic.

[AbhayKunda]

In simple terms, a penalty is a “punishment” manually imposed on a website by Google's webspam team. This generally happens when the website violates Google's quality guidelines. This penalty results in a dramatic drop in rankings and organic traffic loss.

[sakshilade01]

A Google Penalty, also known as a manual action, is a negative effect inflicted on a website's rankings based on updates made to Google's search algorithms.

[saritamagazine]

A Google Penalty is a punitive action taken by Google against a website for violating its webmaster guidelines, resulting in a drop in search engine rankings and visibility.