How to check penalised or banned websites?

[christinebreese]

When we search for the name of any website without www. and extension like dot com or any other then if website appears in search then its not penalised nor banned and if we don’t find it then it may be penalised or may be banned.

[simonflorin]

There are many tools available online to check penalised or banned websites.

searchenginegenie.com/penguin-penalty-checker.htm
reconsideration.org
pixelgroove.com/serp/sandbox_checker/
fruition.net/google-penalty-checker-tool/