Case Notes

Real recovery work, anonymized — client domains stay private. Every chart is Google Postmaster data from an actual engagement, including the parts that didn't go to plan. I write these so you can recognize your own situation in them.

Bad → High in eight weeks

A full reputation rebuild for a DTC brand: what the audit found, what we changed, and why the Bad → Low plateau — where nothing visibly moves — is where most senders quit.

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Recovery is not a straight line

Two drops from High to Medium in four months — a holiday volume spike and one cold-segment blast. What each relapse cost, and what the bounce-back pattern teaches.

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Staying High is a discipline

Four months flat at High reputation. Nothing dramatic — that's the point. The unglamorous operating routine that keeps a recovered domain healthy.

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Reading these as reference material? The guides cover the how-to; these notes cover what it looks like in practice.