Banned from Google ... any ideas how to resolve?

[photoads]

Hi and help!

I foolishly answered an email from a S.E.O company called <snip> who offered to get me more traffic through building links. It worked by putting loads of hidden links on your page linking to other sites.

I registered 4 of my sites with this company and now have paid the ultimate penalty - BANNED FROM GOOGLE. I actually realised this was bad news and had removed the code from my page just before google banned my sites and those of 300+ others.

Whats more the person behind it is refusing to ignore any emails - mine and others.

The bar is gray with curent page is not ranked by google - so I guess I am banned. Is there any point emailing Google saying I realise my mistake, won't do it again etc? Also is there any chance that the site may get relisted? Or is it time for a new domain name?

Any help greatly appreciated

Iain

[edited by: WebGuerrilla at 8:01 pm (utc) on Nov. 25, 2002]
[edit reason] no specifics please [/edit]

[john316]

Start over with new domain. Ban google from the penalised site.

[kfander]

I've just redone an old domain that had been on a freeserver, untouched, for more than two years now. Noticing that it was a PR5, I decided to do something with it. I found about 30 URLs on the bottom of the index page, linked from transparent pixels, that I don't remember ever having done, or even having thought about doing. Obviously, I had done it, since they are to my sites, or to sites that I used to have. Fortunately, there was no ban, and I've done away with it, but in a larger site it would be entirely possible for (now unwise) SEO tricks to remain undetected without a close inspection.