Google Court

This is a great post on Matt Cutts blong and I thought I'd share it with all of you here:

May 3, 2006 @ 10:43 pm

Well, I submitted the stupid form.

This is like confessing to a crime before you’ll be told what the crime is, LOL.

Who gets these forms? Are there any live people over there?
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Before I can submit this form, I have to admit to some wrong-doing, promise that it has been corrected and agree to never do it again?

I don’t even know what I’ve done wrong. I have no hidden text, no cloaking, no doorway pages and I only link to my own sites, all my pages are totally unique and I don’t use any software whatsoever.

It’s not fair that I have to admit to some violation before I can even know what it is just to be able to submit this form. This is my living at stake, the Web is how I make my money and feed my family, and it gets taken away and I don’t even have the opportunity to know why?.

I don’t believe my site has violated Google’s quality guidelines.
This site has not been modified, I don’t know what you want me to fix.
Yes, I have read and agree to abide by Google’s quality guidelines.

If I did something wrong, all you have to do is tell me and I’ll fix it.

E-Mail me, I’m listening.

I’ve done none of this that I’m aware of, but my site went from good rankings and good listings to nothing overnight and I have no idea why.