Step 5 - Submit Reconsideration Request

Having followed through on the previous steps, this is where you send the Reconsideration Request to the Google team.

And after you have done this, you may have to wait a while before any results would be sent to you from the Google team.

Conclusion

If you notice a steady decline in your website traffic, it could be caused by any of the Google penalties.

The Google algorithm update may cause slight movements (upwards or downwards) in your search ranking. But these movements are usually so small that many people do not notice them at all.

The Google manual action penalty is the remote cause of most major downward slides in website traffic.

This guide shows you how to identify if you've been served with a Google manual action and the steps to take to submit a Reconsideration Request.

After you have gone through these steps, you may need to exercise a bit of patience before getting a response from the Google team.