These are the main reasons why Google would BAN your domain: 1. Copy another site’s content. If your site is mostly duplicate content, you are risking being banned by Google. In order to make sure you get banned, don’t add any unique content at all. 2. Use hidden text. This is a super easy method for getting banned. White text on a white background seems to be the most popular and is quite effective at getting your site blacklisted. 3. Use hidden links. There are plenty of people that still think Google will fall for the ‘pixel link’ trick. Do you really think that Google doesn’t know that humans can’t find a link that is one square pixel? 4. Keyword stuff like crazy. Here’s a template that you can use for more effective keyword stuffing: We sell keyword here to keyword here buyers who need keyword here information and are sick and tired of looking for keyword here. 5. Use link farms to build links. Link farms are automatic programs that cross link between everyone that uses the program. I personally used this method to get a site banned back in 2004. I give my testimony under oath that it is a very effective method. 6. Use cloaking. Cloaking is when you show one page to Google and a different page to your site’s visitors. If you’re interested in using this method to get banned by Google there are plenty of programs you can use to get started. Do a search for ‘website cloaking’ and you’ll have plenty of options that will probably get you banned. 7. Have a scraper write the content for your site. Scrapers are programs that ’scrape’ the internet for content, publishing them on your site. They usually use search engine results and RSS feeds to get content. Since none of the content will be unique, you will get banned. 8. Link to bad neighborhoods. If you want to get banned, make sure that you link to plenty of sites that don’t provide quality to your readers. Link to lots of sites that have already been banned by Google. That’s usually enough to get you banned. 9. Distribute viruses. Everyone likes a good virus, including Google. 10. Send spam from your domain. To effectively get banned make sure you don’t send your mass emails from a third party server, send them from your own domain server. That makes it easier for Google to track the spam back to you.
I agree with all of the comments above, except for the comments from contentboss. Link exchanges and reciprocal links will not get you banned. If you happen to link to some bad neighborhoods or spammy websites, that could get you penalized. You wouldn't get a penalty just for exchanging links. Duplicate content won't necessarily get you banned either. There is an acceptable level of duplicate content. You likely wouldn't get banned for duplicate content unless you have a very large amount of it. Hate topics won't get you banned either. Google respects the right of free speech. Just try googling the kkk or any other hate group. Sorry contentboss, but you should try to give better advice. To avoid getting banned on Google just avoid anything spammy and questionable. If you have to ask whether the search engines will allow something, it is usually something you should avoid.
My understanding is that link exchanges wont get you banned, you just wont get any real link juice for them.
To elaborate on the duplicate content penalty that Vansterdam has already debunked. People often refer to a 'duplicate content penalty' when in reality it is more of a filter than a penalty. Meaning pages of duplicate content will more often than not be filtered out of Google's index, this does not mean that your whole site has received a penalty.
Things to avoid not to get banned on Google Better off not even starting a website then as everything sooner or later gets banned or PR stripped or loss of serps or whatever they can think of. laterz malcolm
Common sense will keep you out of trouble. Design your site for users, not search engines, and you'll be fine.
agree with you. in short don't use way which is google count in black list way to promote you website
I don't think too many links with the same anchor gets you banned because IKEA, IBM, Amazon, BMW etc would all get penalties but it makes good seo sence to have several different anchors. Too many links too fast probably will get you penalised so getting 2000 links from blogs over night isn't a good idea. But to be honest no one really knows apart from Google and its employees.. You have to be very careful these days as a compeditor will be checking your links and will report any paid or spammy links to Google. So i would say stay away from paid directorys/sponsored links. Get links by providing useful articles, submitting decent posts with contextual links inbeded to some quality blogs (blogs within your sites theme are gold) Approach web masters of websites within your theme if they wouldn't mind putting a link to your site (maybe offer to write a nice review of their wonderful website). Avoid like the plauge paid link schemes Google is well aware of most of them. And so are your compeditors!! I have learned this the hard way.. Hope this helps..
I don't mean to be rude, but this is like saying 'If murder is so bad bad, why come so many murderes not in jail yet' no offense, but silly question.