{"id":675,"date":"2023-09-25T09:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acanyon.com\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:45:33","slug":"google-penalty-in-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acanyon.com\/blog\/google-penalty-in-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google Penalty in SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Google Penalty is like a punishment given to a website. Google hands it out to those websites which may have defied the marketing practices or guidelines enforced by Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, a penalty can also be given after an update to their ranking algorithm. Or it can also come after a manual review where Google suspects that a website may be using black hat SEO strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you are\u00a0new to SEO, it\u2019s easy to mistake an algorithm update for a Google penalty. Algorithms mainly rely on a set of calculations and rules to make sure they deliver the desired outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Do You Get Google Penalties For?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this section, let\u2019s take a look at some of the common penalties that strike websites. Of course, there are other penalties too. But here we are only looking at the common ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unnatural Links:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

 Google sees backlinks as a way of measuring the quality of your website and its content. If Google suspects that a link looks like it was paid or like it\u2019s a part of a link scheme, you are in trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of unnatural links include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n