r/google_penalties

106 members
r/google_penalties is a subreddit with 106 members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses google, penalty, website, update, and panda.
The Google Penalties subreddit looks to discuss search engine penalties, particularly Google's, that are crippling countless websites. We encourage our users to ask questions surrounding how to determine what penalty you've been hit with, how to clean-up your site and how to stay out of trouble going forward. Bad SEO, using the disavow tool, identifying a clean link vs spam is all fair game here.

Popular Themes in r/google_penalties

#1
Advice Requests
: "Penguin Penalty: Does it make more sense to clean-up the spam links or start over on a new domain?"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Here is a Clever Way to 301 Redirect a Website Without Carrying the Penalty with it."
3 posts
#3
News
: "Google's 'phantom' algorithm update hits websites"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/google_penalties

#1

Google

: "Are You Confused About Guest Posting? Here's What Google Says You Can Safely Do"
30 posts
#2

Penalty

: "Is Your Site under Google Penalty?"
24 posts
#3

Website

: "Here is a Clever Way to 301 Redirect a Website Without Carrying the Penalty with it."
22 posts
#4

Update

: "When will be the next Google Penguin Algorithm Updates for year 2016?"
12 posts
#5

Panda

: "Google Panda 4.2 Rolling Out Now, Affecting 2-3% of Queries"
10 posts
#6

Seo

: "Common Google Link Penalties Seos Should Understand & Avoid"
9 posts
#7

Link

: "Common Google Link Penalties SEOs Should Understand & Avoid"
8 posts
#8

Quality

: "Do YouMoz Links Violate Your Quality Guidelines?"
7 posts
#9

Penguin

: "When will be the next Google Penguin Algorithm updates for year 2016?"
5 posts
#10

Recovery

: "Google penalty Recovery services and Penguin Penalty Removal Services"
5 posts

Member Growth in r/google_penalties

Yearly
-2 members(-1.9%)

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Last updated: July 15, 2026