What are Different Penalties by Google?

[crespy]

Hello,
I want to know about different penalties by Google and how to stay safe from them?
Your list can be useful for everyone to avoid penalties from Google with our websites.
Thanks in advanced

 

[LanceBachmann]

Its better if you check wikipedia for this - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_penalty

 

[jamesalan]

Don't do any unethical SEO technique for good ranking, you will be safe always...

 

[emily]

There are two major algorithm updates called PANDA and PENGUIN that refreshes the search index and deliver better and relevant results for the users query. Using these algorithm updates they find the websites who are against the Google webmasters guidelines and penalize those sites for being against to Google guidelines.

Panda: Panda attacks your website when your site have duplicate content. You will definitely get the ranking penalty by the panda for poor quality content and keyword stuffing.

Penguin: Penguin attacks when your site contains poor or bad back-links. If your site receives any unnatural link then penguin go bad and penalize your site, To overcome such term then you must carefully evaluate your link profile.

Bad backlinks:

* Paid Links
* Links from loss value directories
* Irrelevant links and the links from low-quality sites

 

[FPForum]

The wikipedia article explains it the best I would say... Penalties are easy though... Small penalty and you may lose rankings for a short period of time... Medium penalty you may lose rankings for an extended period of time... Worst penalty is you get banned altogether