Site get removed from Google? Here is how to get it back

Google had a bug that was recently fixed where anyone could anonymously report a website for spam and it would be removed from the search results in the next couple days. It has since been fixed. I did not want to report it on here for obvious reasons. This friend had 5 total sites get removed from Google. Obviously someone targeted him and knew what they were doing. Anyway if suddenly your site does not appear in Google log into webmaster central and file for a re inclusion request. Here is the correspondence my friend received for all his domain. They were all back within days. Here is what he got back same day from Google:

Reconsideration request for http://XXXXX.com/ February 10, 2012 We've received a request from a site owner to reconsider how we index the following site: http://XXXXX.com/ We'll review the site. If we find that it's no longer in violation of our Webmaster Guidelines, we'll reconsider our indexing of the site. Please allow several weeks for the reconsideration request. We do review all requests, but unfortunately we can't reply individually to each request.

Here is what he got back when they were reinstated.

February 14, 2012 Dear site owner or webmaster of http://XXXXX.com/, We received a request from a site owner to reconsider http://XXXXXX.com/ for compliance with Google's Webmaster Guidelines. Previously the webspam team had taken manual action on your site because we believed it violated ourquality guidelines. After reviewing your reconsideration request, we have revoked this manual action. It may take some time before our indexing and ranking systems are updated to reflect the new status of your site. Of course, there may be other issues with your site that could affect its ranking without a manual action by the webspam team. Google's computers determine the order of our search results using a series of formulas known as algorithms. We make hundreds of changes to our search algorithms each year, and we employ more than 200 different signals when ranking pages. As our algorithms change and as the web (including your site) changes, some fluctuation in ranking can happen as we make updates to present the best results to our users. If your site continues to have trouble in our search results, please see this article for help with diagnosing the issue. Thank you for helping us to maintain the quality of our search results. Sincerely, Google Search Quality Team

So if your not already make sure you have your sites in webmaster central