General Discussions

**barbara** · 12-14-2006, 10:15 AM

Can someone tell me how a website can get listed on the "Black List"? this website that i design for is a legitimate website, but somehow, it got listed on the black list. i just found out today because i can't get any emails from her.

any help is appreciate.

**stOx** · 12-14-2006, 10:53 AM

What "black List"?

**lizard dude** · 12-14-2006, 12:15 PM

What's that?

**email16** · 12-14-2006, 12:43 PM

i think she means black listed on the search engines

**Kane Hill** · 12-15-2006, 11:39 AM

If you/your domain is black listed from Google, that is it. Get a new domain.

**The Critic** · 12-15-2006, 09:20 PM

That isn't true. If your site has been banned from Google, the first thing to do is figure out why. Most of the time it's due to not following their webmaster guidelines. If you've been using black hat SEO tactics (cloaking, redirects, etc), the best thing you can do is stop immediately and remove every code snippet that violates Google's rules. If you haven't done anything wrong then don't worry about changing anything. Once your site is in compliance with Google's terms, request reinclusion. Keep your nose clean and this won't happen again.