i haven't found this answer elsewhere and i've searched elsewhere also.
i am taking over a client's website, to do some seo & help him get more out of it. i talked to him about 2 years ago, and he used to be ranked in the google top 5 or 10 for most of his big brand name items, and was selling a ton of stuff online; his traffic now is minimal.
when i contacted his former webmaster to get the log/pass info, we started bs'ing about this horrible site i am taking over(it really looks like shite on a stick).
he told me that somebody else was doing work on it for awhile and got this site blacklisted by google(same color text/background all over the place, other stuff google frowns upon, etc.).
the former wmaster said he would recommend a whole new domain and website, because google took a year to give him that info & they may not ever take him off of their blacklist.
inputting his domain name in google, he desn't even show up in the top 100!
is there a way to find out if a site is truly blacklisted, like a list or something? or is it pretty obvious from what i've stated?
does google look at the registrant, ie: would they maybe blacklist a new similar domain because of the ownership?
thanks in advance
i am taking over a client's website, to do some seo & help him get more out of it. i talked to him about 2 years ago, and he used to be ranked in the google top 5 or 10 for most of his big brand name items, and was selling a ton of stuff online; his traffic now is minimal.
when i contacted his former webmaster to get the log/pass info, we started bs'ing about this horrible site i am taking over(it really looks like shite on a stick).
he told me that somebody else was doing work on it for awhile and got this site blacklisted by google(same color text/background all over the place, other stuff google frowns upon, etc.).
the former wmaster said he would recommend a whole new domain and website, because google took a year to give him that info & they may not ever take him off of their blacklist.
inputting his domain name in google, he desn't even show up in the top 100!
is there a way to find out if a site is truly blacklisted, like a list or something? or is it pretty obvious from what i've stated?
does google look at the registrant, ie: would they maybe blacklist a new similar domain because of the ownership?
thanks in advance
