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  • Michael.Leonard
    Michael.Leonard last edited by Apr 11, 2016, 2:26 AM

    What is the best tool to check for the google penalty, What penalty hit the website. ?

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    • Softpatched
      Softpatched @Anass123hvnp last edited by Jul 31, 2023, 12:26 PM

      Same issue with me for my website https://atozcrack.com

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      • Softpatched
        Softpatched last edited by Jul 31, 2023, 12:24 PM

        @Anass123hvnp said in Google Penalty Checker Tool:

        I have a website dedicated to providing free software.
        https://atozcrack.com
        Did the decrease in traffic happen suddenly? Is it possible that it's due to a penalty?
        Could you please provide me with some advice? (Someone Else)

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        • seopack.orgamirm
          seopack.orgamirm last edited by Jul 22, 2023, 10:34 PM

          There is no specific tool but you can analyze if suddenly your organic traffic dropped.
          Magazinentic.com you can check it as it can clear all your concepts.

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          • topic:timeago_earlier,2 years
          • UniNets
            UniNets last edited by May 11, 2021, 5:27 AM

            The best way to find your website is penalized or not is analyzing your Google analytics tool. Review your organic traffic in Google analytics tool. If there is drop in your traffic from the specific date when Google released any updates then might be you are penalized.

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            • topic:timeago_earlier,about a year
            • Robert012
              Robert012 last edited by May 5, 2020, 5:05 AM May 5, 2020, 5:04 AM

              There is no authentic tool to check google penalty.
              you can visit this site to get the best product reviews available in the market
              http://buyersthing.com/

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              • topic:timeago_earlier,2 months
              • Anass123hvnp
                Anass123hvnp last edited by Mar 6, 2020, 4:09 PM Mar 6, 2020, 4:09 PM

                my website is for puppies for sale

                https://animal.direct

                the traffic went down but not suddenly, is that maybe penalty?

                please advise

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                • topic:timeago_earlier,5 months
                • mdsabbir704
                  mdsabbir704 last edited by Sep 28, 2019, 7:05 AM Sep 28, 2019, 7:05 AM

                  Hello you can check penalty on https://www.forexing.com/

                  my site penalty or no penalty please info. my site forex released website.

                  Thank you!

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                  • topic:timeago_earlier,2 years
                  • bridhard8
                    bridhard8 last edited by Aug 27, 2017, 2:07 PM Aug 27, 2017, 1:58 PM

                    You can use free seo tool by cuteseotools

                    https://www.cuteseotools.net/google-penalty-checker

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                    • topic:timeago_earlier,about a year
                    • anthonydnelson
                      anthonydnelson last edited by Apr 11, 2016, 6:25 PM Apr 11, 2016, 6:25 PM

                      Panguin is a great tool, but it requires you to give up your GA data (or at least it used to). If you want to keep your data private or get info on a site that you don't have GA access to, consider this tool which uses SEMrush traffic data and matches it up with Algo Update dates. http://feinternational.com/website-penalty-indicator/

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                      • TheZenAgency
                        TheZenAgency last edited by Apr 11, 2016, 7:18 AM Apr 11, 2016, 7:18 AM

                        Yeah Panguin is definitely the way to go with this one although you do need to access to the sites analytics. Also check out Moz's own list of updates which details the change and the date. Can be found here

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                        • Matt-Williamson
                          Matt-Williamson last edited by Apr 11, 2016, 2:40 AM Apr 11, 2016, 2:40 AM

                          I tend to use the Panguin Tool and look for sudden drops in traffic at update times - http://barracuda.digital/panguin-tool/ - it maps your sites google analytics against updates.

                          Hope this helps 🙂

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