Added 15 sites in a week in GSC I got a ban
Hi, my question is as follows, I am a beginner SEO and started to launch many sites, after adding 15 sites in a week in GSC I got banned. How do you handle hundreds of sites in GSC, do you create a lot of accounts with several sites and one that will track status through API, if yes, do you warm them up somehow and what is the maximum number of sites per account, if not, I wonder what you use to track the asset ?
Adding 15 sites in a week to a fresh GSC is like going to the bank, opening 15 accounts and saying «I'm just a novice investor». No one forbids it, but security will be surprised. Well, nothing, without knowing how to overcome difficulties and correct mistakes, you will not become a normal person.
What's the best way to go forward:
1. Massiveness = not the problem. The problem is speed and context.
Google doesn't ban for the number of sites.
It bans for behavior that appears automated, unnatural, or risky:
- a new account,
- a lot of sites in a short amount of time,
- the same addition pattern,
- the same meta tags,
- No activity in Gmail/other services,
- accessed from one IP only.
It's not a punishment for you. It's a system defense, like captcha used to be.
In order to avoid bans, you have to be natural at every moment.
2. How to make it safe:
✔️ 2-5 projects per fresh GSC
If the account is new, start small.
Google likes the «age» of the account and the variety of behaviors.
✔️ 10-20 projects on a warmed up account
Warming is not magic.
This is normal account usage: Gmail, YouTube, Drive, login history, various times of activity.
✔️ Corporate accounts live longer
Paradoxically, G Workspace (formerly G Suite) is much more stable.
They keep 50-100 sites there with no problem.
✔️ Hundreds of sites are never held in one GSC
And not because it's scary - but because it's uncomfortable, risky and futile.
The structure is usually like this:
5-10 working accounts → each holds 20-40 sites → one central account pulls data via API.
3. About API and tracking
Yes, the «many working accounts + one reading» model is standard.
They do this because:
- minimizes the risk of mass lockout
- central account never adds sites manually
- all collection goes through the API → it's a «read», not an «action»
Google is cool about it.
4. Do accounts need to be warmed up?
Yes, but «warming» is just a human use:
- 5-7 days of normal operation: Drive, mail, phone logins
- different IPs but within the same location
- do not add sites on the first day
- don't do massive one-offs
- enable browser history and do not work in «clean slate» mode»
That's enough.
5. How many sites per acq can be kept maximum?
Realistic:
New account: 3-5 sites
Normal Worker: 15-25
Heated / corporate: 40-70
Over 100: only if it's an old Google Workspace + distributed access team
No one on big projects keeps 200-300 domains in one GSC.
Not because you can't - but because it's pointless and dangerous.
6. Best approach
If you want to scale:
- Create 3-5 working GSC accounts
- In each add sites gradually
- Use the central API account as a «reader»
- No automatic mass additions
- Try to have sites at different ages, at different stages of launching
It's an approach that has worked for years in iGaming, content, and gray niches alike.