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Re:How My Popular Site was Banned by Google by kbrower on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @05:55PM (#3100488)
Ok, well I am willing to give that a try. Just implemented. Thanks Matt!

http://filleritem.com/robots.txt

Re:How My Popular Site was Banned by Google by Matt_Cutts on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @06:06PM (#3100550)
Cool, I'll send in a reconsideration request. You might want to add http://filleritem.com/iframe.html?q= as a pattern too.
Re:How My Popular Site was Banned by Google by GeoFan49 on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:03PM (#3105684)
Rather than "banning" an entire site that seems to have some spammy pages, why not index only the home page, and flag it in the Google Webmaster Tools dashboard?

Also: are any specific notices or warnings given in Google Webmaster Tools, to inform the webmaster and give some clues about the findings and decisions of your team?

Thanks Matt for taking time to explain things here.

Re:How My Popular Site was Banned by Google by GeoFan49 on Thursday October 13, 2011 @01:13AM (#3106192)
Google needs to be more open and helpful for small businesses. A local small business with a new website has huge challenges to overcome.