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        • Michael.Leonard
          Michael.Leonard last edited by

          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

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

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            • Softpatched
              Softpatched last edited by

              @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

                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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                • UniNets
                  UniNets last edited by

                  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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                  • Robert012
                    Robert012 last edited by

                    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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                    • Anass123hvnp
                      Anass123hvnp last edited by

                      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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                      • mdsabbir704
                        mdsabbir704 last edited by

                        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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                        • bridhard8
                          bridhard8 last edited by

                          You can use free seo tool by cuteseotools

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

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                          • anthonydnelson
                            anthonydnelson last edited by

                            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

                              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

                                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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