Google 's term for a penalty. Google will perform a manual action on a website after a human reviewer (i.e., a Google employee) manually reviews a website to confirm that it does not comply with Google's webmaster guidelines.

Penalized websites may be demoted or completely removed from search . Manual actions may be evaluated across the entire site or only on certain web pages .

Manual actions report

Check if the website has any manually issued actions and review the history of those actions.

If a website has a manual action, it will not be displayed, in whole or in part, in Google search results.

Use the manual actions report.

How does a manual action work?

Most manual actions involve attempts to manipulate our search index.

Many of the problems reported here will cause the site or pages to receive a lower ranking user .

Watch the video (in English) below to see how this process works.

To learn more, visit the Google page .

Requests for reconsideration

What is a request for reconsideration?

A reconsideration request is a request for Google to review your site after you correct errors identified through manual action or a security issue notification. To learn more about manual actions and security issues, visit the Manual Actions or Security Issues .