b2net - 8:42 pm on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

Google IP visiting my site 2 days earlier. It was not a normal visit because my sites are non-English. Heck, I even have a travel site with 5 visitors per day and Google guys come there searching for a reason to ban/penalize.

All of my 4 page penalties have been manual so I doubt it is any different with your sites.

Two words: affiliate links. Read the re-inclusion page and especially the part about "benefiting directly from search engine traffic". Google hates affiliates and the 4 page penalty has been designed for sites that follow Google guidelines BUT have too much affiliate content/links. Many webmasters out there have dropped 4 pages down and have no idea why and think they just need more backlinks to get back to pg 1. It's a clever idea but too bad for Google it's now public and webmasters are angry.

[edited by: tedster at 8:51 pm (utc) on Dec. 15, 2006]