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I'm confused that whether getting backlinks from banned sites will automatically ban your site by search engines.Then how to find that which one is banned by search engines.

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This thread nails the core worry: are backlinks from "banned" sites an immediate death sentence? The practical answer is no single stray link will usually get a healthy site removed, but a pattern of low-quality or manipulative incoming links can trigger algorithmic ranking drops or a manual action. The discussion from , , and others shows how noisy old signals (toolbar PR, eyeballing results) can be — what matters today are official signals and a documented cleanup process.

A focused, repeatable audit and remediation workflow:

  1. Verify ownership in Google Search Console and check the Manual Actions report and Coverage/Indexing tools for any issues; that is the authoritative place to learn if Google has taken manual action.
  2. Export the list of linking domains (Search Console Links report plus one or two third-party backlink tools). Look for clear spam patterns: massive unrelated outgoing links, doorway/affiliate templates, hacked content, or malware warnings.
  3. Attempt removals: contact webmasters, document requests and outcomes. Keep a CSV log of domains, contact attempts and dates.
  4. If large-scale removal isn’t possible and links are clearly unnatural, prepare a disavow file and submit it only after cleanup attempts; follow Google’s recommended disavow process and guidance.

Official guidance worth reading: Google’s pages on manual/unusual links and on disavowing links provide the criteria and the exact steps to follow. See and .

Practical cautions: don’t rush to disavow a handful of organic links; disavowal can suppress useful signals if misused. Keep records of everything, prioritize high-risk linking domains, and focus longer term on building natural, relevant links and stronger site content to recover or insulate rankings.

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Member Avatar for jay 11

if a website does not show up in the search results, especially for a query on the site name, then it was probably banned.

Member Avatar for canadafred

Usually a greyed-out PR means that a webpage is severely enough penalized to merit exclusion from the SERPs.

Member Avatar for hpgoodboy

No, your site will not be automatically banned if you have one link from a banned site.

I'm confused that whether getting backlinks from banned sites will automatically ban your site by search engines.Then how to find that which one is banned by search engines.

Member Avatar for jay 11

Usually a greyed-out PR means that a webpage is severely enough penalized to merit exclusion from the SERPs.

Really? These days it seems that a greyed-out PR (no PageRank information available) means just as much as a PR0 or a PR27 for that matter. :) In other words, it pretty much means nothing. I've seen plenty of pages with "grey bar" that are still indexed and even out-rank (in the SERPs) those that have PR info.

In my experience, the only thing that remains consistent about TBPR, is the inconsistency of what it displays.

Member Avatar for canadafred

Really? These days it seems that a greyed-out PR (no PageRank information available) means just as much as a PR0 or a PR27 for that matter. :) In other words, it pretty much means nothing. I've seen plenty of pages with "grey bar" that are still indexed and even out-rank (in the SERPs) those that have PR info.

In my experience, the only thing that remains consistent about TBPR, is the inconsistency of what it displays.

Good point. A greyed-out webpage usually means the page has been severely penalized, even banned, and could only be made available in the SERPs for obscure, non-competitive keyphrases.

A PR0 usually means that the web page isn't yet discovered or ranked; but can mean 0 too. From PR1 to PR6 doesn't much matter.

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Member Avatar for stephen186

I do not think a greyed out PR means that site is banned from google SERP.

Do you have any official source which confirms such?

Member Avatar for fsmobilez

when a site/page is new most of the time grey bar is shown in google toolbar so i dont think its good way to check either site is banned or not

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

I'm confused that whether getting backlinks from banned sites will automatically ban your site by search engines.Then how to find that which one is banned by search engines.

Hi, iwahm
I think search engines would not ban your site if there were backlinks from banned sites. Such backlinks might decay quickly and would disappear from your backlink list. :)

Have a nice day,

Member Avatar for jay 11

I think search engines would not ban your site if there were backlinks from banned sites.

Right - you probably won't get banned but keep in mind - A link is essentially a vote of confidence. You don't really want to get votes of confidence from banned websites. :)

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