I'm a newbie so hope I've got the correct thread. I'm shocked and dismayed that my domain name is blacklisted as in here http://whois.domaintools.com/skegnessvideo.com I used it for my first website, which grew and grew so I moved servers to accommodate. Then I expanded into other ideas and so required a more generic domain name. Consequently, I've not used skegnessvideo.com for a long time. I've just revived it and discovered the blacklisting! I used to have a form on the old site for link swapping, and have (strangely) received a few autorespond emails as though someone has been using the form. I've got a few other sites which are fine! I've NEVER spammed, only answered email which visitors have sent to me! Can someone tell me what's happened, please? What am I guilty of?
What's the url? Blacklisted? you can use tools to check if what are the reasons why your site is blacklisted? Try using this tool. If that will not help try searching on Google and check for nicer tools for checking blacklisted site.. Hope it helps....
Easiest way to tell if your site is blacklisted on a search engine is to do a search for your url and see if the site comes up. What is the url of the site?
Thanks guys, url = http://www.skegnessvideo.com Just found another of my sites blacklisted http://www.skegness.uk.net I've just started a blog up on vid site and the other I think is to a page. Think it's the ip address 86.140.78.105 that's blacklisted. however http://whois.domaintools.com/skegness.uk.net says it's the sites. (sorry forum won't let me hyperlink as I'm new)
How do you figure its blacklisted by Google? If it is, sign up for Google webmaster tools, verify your website and ask to be re-included in their index. They just added a re-inclusion feature for webmasters. http://www.google.com/webmasters/ After verifying your website I think they might even tell you what the problem might be. Bad IP, links, content, spam - etc.
use this tool to check your domains: http://www.iwebtool.com/google_banned?domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skegnessvideo.com basically all it is doing is going to google and typing in this - site:www.skegnessvideo.com i bought a domain a while back and it was banned a1airsoft.com - use the tool and check the difference between my old domain and your old domain. I guess that is the price I pay for buying a recycled beat up old domain anyway, i hope that helps
Thanks everyone, from your clues and links I think I managed to sus out what was causing the problem - it seems that even if you don't actually use a domain, you are supposed to set email forwarding to a specific address otherwise your ip address is classed as spamming. Not sussed why, though! After I forwarded *@skegnessvideo.com to my permenant email address, the blacklisting alert was removed from Domain Tools. Thanks again -I can breathe again
Another thing I did not mention in my previous post, if your site is in fact blacklisted then you will not have a PR displayed, not even a 0.