SEO Recovery Service
Workbench SEO provides an SEO recovery service for local businesses facing Google penalties and unexpected losses in search traffic or rankings.
When a site that used to bring in leads is no longer doing so, the first step is diagnosing the problem. Workbench SEO specializes in investigating the loss, identifying the problems and fixing them.
When you need SEO recovery
This service is for established local businesses whose websites previously brought in relevant search traffic. Common reasons to get help include:
- Sustained ranking loss
- Manual-action notice from Google
- Important pages disappearing from search results
- A decline after website changes
Organic traffic recovery service
Our organic traffic recovery service investigates why an established website is losing visitors from Google. The review compares the timing of the loss, affected pages and search queries, indexing, and recent website changes.
Search Console and analytics help distinguish lost visibility from tracking problems or changes in demand. We compare clicks and impressions across affected pages and queries, then use the findings to prioritize corrective work. Follow-up checks focus on the search traffic that brings relevant inquiries.
If the decline followed a redesign, domain change or platform move, SEO migration support can address the transition issues behind the loss.
Google penalty recovery service
Workbench SEO’s Google ranking recovery service covers reviewing the manual-action notice, identifying the affected pages and correcting the issues behind it.
Paid backlink schemes and automated link building used to manipulate rankings can trigger a manual action from Google. We review the backlink profile for evidence of these practices and determine whether removal requests or a disavow file are appropriate.
A few spammy backlinks do not automatically mean the site has been penalized. Google can usually assess which links to trust, so disavowing links is not a routine requirement.
We will document the corrections and handle the reconsideration request once the issues have been addressed. Google decides whether to revoke the action; a successful review does not promise a return to previous rankings, but we have dealt with Google many times and will be able to give an honest assessment of your situation.
Our process
Our discovery phase covers when the decline started, what changed on the website and how the loss has affected the business. Access to Search Console and analytics helps establish what happened.
The findings guide the custom plan, priorities and responsibilities for corrective work. Follow-up checks track the affected pages and queries, with attention to the search traffic that brings relevant inquiries.