How to perform a domain name background check?
Hi guys, just after a bit of advice.
When I first started here at WA I began building a website about debt management solutions, after a while I found myself in over my head, I was competing with some huge sites and didn't really know what i was doing.
I've come along way since then and I've decided to bring the site back to life at some point this year.
I went to waybackmachine.com and entered the domain name, the "way back machine" tells you if and when your website was cached and provides a link where you can see it. I was hoping to re-use parts of it.
I was surprised to find snapshots of the domain dating back to 2002 when someone else had owned it previously.
Before I start work on the site, I'd like to perform a background check to make sure it hasn't been penalized for spam, or being part of some kind of link wheel or PBN.
Does anyone know a way of performing this type of check?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
The only thing I can think of to do is to verify your site with Webmaster tools and then take a look at the "manual actions" option in the menu bar.
As I understand it, that is the place where you would find information on whether Google had penalised the domain for Spam and so on.
If that has happened then there is a "reconsider" option where you can ask Google to remove the restrictions etc that they may have placed.
Hope that's helpful!
Best wishes
John
Here's the webmaster tool verification training: Setting Up & Verifying Google Webmaster Tools
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