A manual action is a penalty applied by a human reviewer at Google, distinct from an algorithmic ranking change, and it names a specific reason — unnatural links, thin content, structured data spam, among others — that determines what actually needs to change before you can request reconsideration. This report investigates and explains what’s cited; content-quality causes need a content decision from you, which is outside what this report writes for you.
Read the exact manual action reason in the Security & Manual Actions report
In Search Console, under Security & Manual Actions, open the specific action listed. It names the exact category (for example, “Unnatural links to your site” or “Thin content with little or no added value”) and, where given, example pages — that detail is what actually determines what needs fixing.
Manual action review & remediation report
A manual action's exact cause investigated — technical fixed directly, content-quality explained plainly.
- Full backup taken before we start
- If we can’t fix it, you get your money back
- We never ask for your own password
What we need from you
- Access to your Search Console property showing the manual action
- Full site access (WPA/FTP) sufficient to investigate the technical cause
- Confirmation of any recent content, link-building, or plugin changes that might be related
This or something else?
| Search Console shows an active manual action and you need it investigated and explained | This fix covers it |
| The manual action specifically cites unnatural links and you already know you need a disavow file prepared | Disavow file preparation & upload, which may be part of the broader remediation |
| You suspect a technical vulnerability caused spam content to appear on your site without your knowledge | AdSense policy violation – technical remediation covers a similar technical-cause pattern, worth reviewing for parallels |
| You want ongoing link or content monitoring, not a response to an existing action | Outside this report’s scope — this responds to an action that’s already been issued |
What we do
- Read the specific manual action category and any example pages cited
- Investigate the technical or structural cause behind what’s cited
- Where the cause is technical (spam injected through a vulnerability, structural data misuse), identify and fix it directly
- Where the cause is content quality or thin content, clearly explain what Google is objecting to, since the content decision itself is yours to make
- Prepare supporting documentation for a reconsideration request
- Advise on next steps, including whether a disavow file or other technical fix is part of the appropriate response
What is included
- Investigation of the specific manual action and its cited cause
- Technical fixes applied directly, where the cause is technical
- Clear explanation of content-related causes, without rewriting the content ourselves
- Documentation to support your reconsideration request
Not included
- Writing or rewriting content to resolve a thin-content or content-quality citation — that’s an editorial decision and task outside this report’s scope
- Submitting or managing the reconsideration request itself, which you submit directly through Search Console
- Guaranteeing Google lifts the manual action, which remains Google’s own review and decision
- Ongoing monitoring for future manual actions as a standing service
Questions about this fix
Will you write new content if the manual action is for 'thin content'?
No — we'll explain clearly what Google is objecting to and why, but deciding what the actual replacement content should say is an editorial decision, and writing it is a separate task outside this report.
Can you submit the reconsideration request for me?
We prepare the supporting documentation, but the actual request is submitted directly through your Search Console account, since it needs to come from the site's verified owner.
How urgent is a manual action?
Genuinely urgent — a manual action can suppress some or all of your site's search visibility until it's resolved, and there's no automatic expiry, so identifying and fixing the actual cause promptly matters.
What if the manual action cites unnatural links, not content?
That's a more technical, link-focused cause, which often involves preparing a disavow file as part of the appropriate response — we'd guide you toward that specific fix as part of this investigation.
How long does Google take to review a reconsideration request?
There's no fixed, published timeline, and it varies by case — we can't influence or predict it, only make sure the underlying cause is genuinely and thoroughly addressed before you submit.
Related fixes
If this is the second time this year
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Before anything is touched we take a full backup and keep it for 30 days. If a fix goes wrong, we put the site back exactly as it was.
If it is not what you bought
If the problem turns out smaller than what you ordered, we refund the difference. If it is bigger, we stop and send a quote before doing any extra work.
If we cannot fix it
You get back what we received. Diagnosis is on us — you only pay when the problem is actually solved. The payment processor takes its fee before the money reaches us, so we never hold it and it is not ours to return. That is true here as everywhere else.
If it comes back
Reply within seven days of delivery and we put it back on the bench at no cost. The fix is not finished until it holds.
What we are responsible for
If something goes wrong with a fix, our responsibility is limited to what you paid for it. We take a full backup first so mistakes can be undone, and we tell you before doing anything outside what you bought.