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Diagnose
Week 1
Which update, which date, which pages. Manual actions checked first - start with my free SEO audit .
Penalty Recovery · Lahore, Pakistan
Google penalty recovery - traffic fell off a cliff. Here’s how it comes back.
A core update or a manual action doesn’t just stop your progress - it removes rankings you already paid for. Recovery is realistic, but it isn’t fast.
✓ Cause identified first ✓ Based in Lahore, working remotely ✓ Free SEO audit to start
Direct accessTo identify which update or action hit you
1 cycleMinimum before recovery can be confirmed
30 daysRolling terms, no annual lock-in
Real results
What recovery looks like on the graph.
Search Console data from client accounts over longer periods.
1 / 5
Don’t believe the numbers?
Book a call and I’ll open the live dashboards on screen - every figure above, inside the client’s own account, while you watch.
What’s included
Six steps back.
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Identify the hit
Which update, which date, and which pages lost. Guessing the cause wastes months.
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Manual action check
Search Console tells you if a human at Google took action. That changes the entire approach.
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Link forensics
Whether spam links from a previous provider are the cause, and which ones - off-page SEO forensics that hold up.
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Content quality review
Helpful Content and core updates target thin, duplicated and unhelpful pages - fixed with on-page SEO .
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Fix & document
Changes made and recorded - essential if a reconsideration request is needed.
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Reconsideration request
Filed properly where there’s a manual action, with the evidence Google expects.
How it runs
Four stages. You always know which one you’re in.
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Clean up
Weeks 2-6
Links disavowed, thin content pruned, quality issues fixed.
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Submit
Week 6-7
Reconsideration filed where there’s a manual action, with evidence.
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Wait & watch
Next cycle
Recovery only confirms after Google recrawls and reassesses.
Why me
The person you hire is the person doing the work.
I run every campaign myself
No outsourcing, no account manager relaying messages. The person who audits your site is the person who fixes it.
Reporting you can verify
Every number comes from your own Google Search Console and Analytics - never a dashboard I control.
Nothing I can’t defend to Google
No bought link networks, no shortcuts that spike then collapse at the next core update.
Tools included, not billed
Ahrefs, SEMrush, Screaming Frog, Local Falcon and Whitespark all run on my licences.
Free SEO audit
Find out what actually hit you.
Send your URL. I’ll match your traffic drop to the update that caused it and tell you whether it’s recoverable.
- Which update hit you, and when
- Manual action check
- Toxic link identification
- Realistic recovery timeline
Recovery questions.
Can penalties always be recovered?
Most can. Manual actions are usually recoverable once the cause is removed. Core update losses are harder because nothing is “lifted” - you have to become a better result than whatever replaced you.
How long does recovery take?
Manual actions: often 2-8 weeks after the reconsideration request is accepted. Core updates: frequently until the next update runs, which can be months. Anyone promising faster is guessing.
How do I know if I was penalised or just outranked?
A manual action appears in Search Console. A core update shows as a sharp drop on a date that matches a known update. A gradual decline is usually competition, not a penalty - and needs different work.
The previous agency built the bad links. What now?
Common. I audit the profile, remove what can be removed and disavow the rest. Going forward, off-page SEO done properly is what keeps it from happening again.
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