It appears that a substantial negative SEO campaign is currently in progress, targeting affiliate sites by submitting a large number of fake DMCA complaints.
My site received over 100 DMCA complaints in the last month, and from what I can see on GPWA, others are experiencing the same thing.
Unfortunately, it is having impact. Around ten of my pages were taken down as a result, though most were re-indexed within a day of me filing a counter-notice. I've read that others have received a notification; this has not happened in my case.
You can search for site:yoursite.com and navigate to the very last page of results. Any pages that have been taken down will be listed there, along with links to lumendatabase.org entries.
If pages have been wrongfully removed, you can file a counter-notice with Google here:
https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/counter_notice?web-redirect=f&product=websearch
My site received over 100 DMCA complaints in the last month, and from what I can see on GPWA, others are experiencing the same thing.
Unfortunately, it is having impact. Around ten of my pages were taken down as a result, though most were re-indexed within a day of me filing a counter-notice. I've read that others have received a notification; this has not happened in my case.
You can search for site:yoursite.com and navigate to the very last page of results. Any pages that have been taken down will be listed there, along with links to lumendatabase.org entries.
If pages have been wrongfully removed, you can file a counter-notice with Google here:
https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/counter_notice?web-redirect=f&product=websearch