Received Google Webmaster Tools notice of detected unnatural links , but no negative impact on ranking and traffic, What should i do next?
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Hello,
On May 19 , 2012 Google webmaster sent notification "Google Webmaster Tools notice of detected unnatural links to "
both sites haven't lost any ranking or traffic as yet.
I am worried, Should i panic,what should i be doing , will it be going down anytime soon?
how to naturally build links?
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Thanks Stephen, Since june I am using long tail keywords and url as an anchor text. It's hard to find pr3 dofollow. I am working more in creating Infographics, and social media like facebook , twitter , stumble and pinterest.
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I wouldn't panic or submit a reconsideration request, but going forward I would make sure I am only building good, branded links from sites with pr3 and up.
If you have paid for any links in the past, I would quietly get those removed
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My favorite part of that link is the statement that the webpage for the Chrome Browser was penalized for a sponsored post penalty.
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Danny Sullivan has written nice post on it. Hope below links solve your concern about Unnatural Links:
http://searchengineland.com/google-updates-link-warnings-128431
Let me know if you still any doubt in it.
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