PENALTY RECOVERY & SITE RESCUE
A clear verdict on what happened — and whether it’s fixable.
For sites hit by a core update, a manual action, or an agency that cut corners.
Diagnosis Sprint $2,400 · programme from $2,800/mo
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Why you're here
Something happened to your rankings, and you don’t fully know what. Maybe it’s a Search Console manual-action email. Maybe it’s a core update that landed hard. Maybe a previous vendor told you they had "a guy" for links, and now you’re paying for a decision you didn’t make. This is the service our name earns us the calls for — a meaningful share of our work is cleaning up other agencies’ black-hat tactics, and it’s why our technical bar is higher than a typical growth shop’s. We’ve spent years fixing what those tactics actually cost real businesses. We’re not going to tell you "we told you so." We’re going to tell you what happened and whether it’s recoverable.
What's included
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Manual-action and algorithmic-suppression diagnosis
Search Console records, ranking history, and update timing cross-referenced to identify the actual cause
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Backlink profile toxicity review
Every link scored, flagged, and sourced, not just counted
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Technical and content review for spam-adjacent signals
Cloaking remnants, doorway-page patterns, keyword-stuffed templates left behind by a previous vendor
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A documented findings report
A plain verdict: what happened, how bad it is, and whether recovery is realistic
Deliverables & turnaround
Deliverables
- — Diagnostic report with root-cause verdict
- — Disavow file draft where warranted
- — Remediation roadmap
Turnaround
5 business days
Proof
MANUAL ACTION LIFTED
Regional professional services firm — Diagnosed a manual action tied to a previous vendor’s link scheme, built the disavow file, documented every change, and filed the reconsideration request that got it lifted. One of the 12 manual actions in our recovery count.
SAMPLE REPORT FORMAT — ILLUSTRATIVE
Every finding, dated and sourced.
The diagnosis isn’t a verbal summary — it’s a dated, sourced findings log you can review line by line.
Sample entries, illustrative of our report format — not a real client's data.
How it works — Diagnose → Remediate → Reconsideration
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Diagnose
We determine exactly what happened: which links, which pages, which update or manual action, and whether the damage is recoverable at all. You get a written verdict, not a guess.
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Remediate
We fix the technical and content issues, build and document the disavow file where warranted, and remove or neutralise every flagged signal — with every change logged by date.
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Reconsideration
For manual actions, we file the documented reconsideration request directly with Google and report the outcome. For algorithmic suppression, we monitor recovery against the remediation timeline and report what’s changing, month by month.
Pricing
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$2,400
A clear verdict on what happened to your rankings, and whether recovery is realistic.
No-lock-in: one-off deliverable; full refund if cancelled before work begins.
Scope together
from $2,800/mo
- — Full remediation and reconsideration management following the Sprint’s verdict
- — Ongoing monitoring
- — Progress reporting
Frequently asked questions
How do I know if I even need this?
A Search Console manual-action notice, a sudden traffic drop that lines up with a known core update, or a previous vendor you no longer trust are all reasons to start with the Diagnosis Sprint before assuming the worst.
Can every penalty be recovered?
No, and we’ll tell you plainly if yours can’t be, or if recovery will take longer than starting fresh on a subdomain would. The Sprint’s job is giving you that verdict honestly, not selling you a programme regardless of the odds.
Will you tell Google what our previous agency did?
No — the reconsideration request documents what we found and what we fixed on your site. It’s not an accusation against a third party; it’s evidence that the issue is resolved.
How long does recovery take?
Manual-action reconsideration typically resolves within weeks of filing, once remediation is complete. Algorithmic suppression has no fixed timeline — recovery depends on the next relevant crawl and reassessment, which we monitor and report.
Do you guarantee the penalty gets lifted?
No. We guarantee the diagnosis is accurate, the remediation is documented, and the reconsideration request (where applicable) is filed correctly. Nobody outside Google controls the outcome, and anyone promising otherwise is overselling.
What if it turns out to just be a core update, not a manual action?
The Sprint covers both — the diagnosis distinguishes a manual action (which has a reconsideration path) from algorithmic suppression (which doesn’t, and needs a different remediation approach).
Not sure this is the right first step?
If you’re not sure whether what you’re seeing is a real penalty or just a normal ranking dip, the Rank Snapshot’s backlink risk flags are a faster, cheaper first read — $290, 3 business days, before committing to a full diagnosis. Get the Rank Snapshot →
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