Manual and algorithm ban

[pauledwards]

Hi guys, what is the difference between a manual penalty in the results and an algorithm?

If its algorithm its usually a couple of pages but a manual do you get deindexed or put say 10 pages back?

Any advice on how to best determin if a push back in results is manual or algorithm would be great. This will best help me judge how long it will take to get back to where I was with one of my sites once i have cleaned up some of my back-link profile.

Thanks.

[Mike_Davis]

Hello Paul,

Here is a great blog post by Marie Haynes, that gives you everything you could possibly need to know about the difference between an algo penalty and a manual penalty.  Might as well not have to reinvent the wheel.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-difference-between-penguin-and-an-unnatural-links-penalty-and-some-info-on-panda-too

I hope that helps!

[EvolveCreative]

Hi Paul,

In addition to Marie's post you may be interested in mine:

Understanding Google Penalties & Filters

The book "SEO Secrets" does a good job explaining the differences as well.

Thanks,

Dave

[pauledwards]

Thanks guys.