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Admission of Guilt Will No Longer Be Required For Google Reconsideration Request

Donna Fontenot | December 2nd, 2007
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Kudos to Michael for prompting Matt Cutts to agree that it is time to remove the requirement that one must admit to guilt, even if one believes he is innocent, before one is able to request reconsideration for dropping a Google penalty. Matt says:

Michael VanDeMar, just to give you a quick update, I dropped an email to someone at Google to request that we remove the text “I believe this site has violated Google’s quality guidelines in the past.??? from the checkbox in the reconsideration request form, and I requested some other modifications to the language of the form as well. It may take a while for the changes to be pushed in English, and then a while longer for the modifications to be done in all the different languages we offer, but I do think the changes will go through.

That’s been on my meaning-to-do list for a while, so thanks for pinging me about that form. While I was at it, I asked the person to modify our SEO tips and advice page to remove the “you should insist on a full and unconditional money-back guarantee??? sentence as well. I know that was another point that people sometimes objected to.

It has long been a bone of contention that someone couldn't request reinclusion without admitting to guilt, even if that someone thought it was a mistake on Google's part, and not a result of wrongdoing on his part. It is good to see that is going to be eliminated...finally.

Also nice to see that the whole guarantee thing is going away as well. Past time for that too. I know lots of people have complained about these issues, but gotta give props to Michael for being the catalyst that finally caused Matt to act upon them. Thanks, Michael, and thanks, Matt. Two thumbs up!

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16 thoughts on “Admission of Guilt Will No Longer Be Required For Google Reconsideration Request”

  1. Dave Dugdale says:
    December 2, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    Wow, Matt is all over the past the past few days. Does he does this often before a major conference?

  2. g1smd says:
    December 2, 2007 at 7:25 pm

    The Q&A at the next SEO conference that Matt attends is going to be “interesting”.

  3. Rental Dave says:
    December 2, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    I am guessing Matt is kicking up his PR machine to either scare webmasters into not buying links or get a large audience at his sessions.

    He doesn’t really need to do that because I would always hear him talk so I can try to “read between the lines” of what he is saying.

  4. Matt Cutts says:
    December 3, 2007 at 1:43 am

    I figure that if I can address the most common questions or concerns before PubCon, that will leave more time for discussing different subjects. 🙂

  5. Rental Dave says:
    December 3, 2007 at 7:45 am

    Matt,

    If you come back to read this, I would like to start a discussion at PubCon on how to claim your content is the original. Can we have a ping system set up in WebMaster Tools?

    I just had two competitors copy my content (one from a publicly traded company) so it would be nice to know I don’t need to track them down since I know that Google knows I am the original source.

    Dave Dugdale

  6. Matt Cutts says:
    December 3, 2007 at 11:05 am

    Dave, other people have asked about tools to protect content or detect duplication or scraping. There’s nothing to announce right now, but I have heard that feedback and would enjoy chatting with you about it at PubCon.

  7. earlpearl says:
    December 3, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Good show MV; and thanks, Matt.

  8. Rental Dave says:
    December 3, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    Matt, sounds like you guys are either working on a tool for this or at least thinking of creating one to claim your content. That’s great!

    I would think this issue would be a very hard one for Google to solve.

    Thanks,
    Dave Dugdale

  9. Wit says:
    December 3, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    LOL that text DID have a bit of a Spanish Inquisition ring to it – did it not? 🙂 In fact it’s a pity it’s gone {sheds tear for the good old times}

  10. seo consultants experts says:
    October 15, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I hope I never need reconsideration. Lol – great post

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