Google Reconsideration Response Time
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Hi all,
3 of my websites have received a massive hit from Penguin/Panda due to exact phrase links.
I have had all the links changed so that they are completely different, and submitted a reconsideration request to Google.
Would anyone be able to tell me roughly how long it takes to get a response from a Google reconsideration request?
Thanks,
Anthony
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If you've been affected by Penguin or Panda then unfortunately a reconsideration request won't help. Penguin and Panda are algorithmic changes and you can only recover once the algorithms refresh.
Reconsideration requests are to be used when you have a manual warning in your webmaster tools. If you don't have a manual warning, then you will get a message back saying that there have been no manual actions taken against your site.
I have found that it usually takes about 3 weeks to get a reply from a reconsideration request. Lately I've had some replies within just a few days. When the disavow tool first came out it was taking up to 2 months to get a reply because so many people were using it and sending in reconsideration requests.
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The man himself says it shouldn't take longer than a couple of weeks.
I've found this to be largely accurate - I think the longest I've waited for was 17 days (but hey, who's counting?!)
Hope this helps.
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