armstrongvds
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ARM Enjoyer
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That's rough! Free TLDs can be a nightmare for SEO!
I had a similar issue with a.tk back in 2019 — Google associated the entire TLD with spam farms and doorway pages. Your content could be pristine and still get flagged by association!
Have you considered grabbing a cheap ccTLD instead? Some of the smaller country codes run promos at insane value, like €3/year. An Ampere-based ARM VPS at Vultr runs circles around old x86 boxes for hosting static sites, and the savings on compute could fund a proper domain. I pay $6/mo for mine and the performance is solid.
The reconsideration request might take 4-6 weeks, but honestly? The graphs don't lie —.ga recovery rates are abysmal. Cut your losses!
one small ping for man...
wilmaethqn44
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What is a TLD exactly? Is it the.com or.fr part?
I have a small shop online, also on a free domain (it was.ml I think), and now Im worried my site will be blacklisted too. I dont understand much about SEO, I just want my customers to find me on Google. Should I change domain now before its too late? I already have business cards printed with the old address...
Sorry if this is silly, I know you guys are more technical than me.
frames, tables, still valid HTML
zoekyo
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Less Is More
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Google said "pure spam" though?
rm -rf / --no-preserve-root ☯
larryjeong
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I had the same issue with .tk in 2020
$3/year. 128MB RAM. Pure happiness.