Marcia - 12:43 am on Aug 5, 2009 (gmt 0)

I recall Danny Sullivan sharing that he'd had it confirmed by someone at Google that there are time sensitive penalties that have an expiration. Like 3 months, 6 months, etc.

I still wonder whether it's possible to tell whether any given penalty is automated or hand-inflicted, and whether that would influence whether penalties can automatically lift after a time spam or need to be removed by a human via a reconsideration request.