Old Blog
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I have an old blog that I started long ago and it has tons of content. I'm thinking about migrating it my current blog but am worried about panda and bringing over mediocre content. The content is fine, not bad not good. Should I bring it over or should I just delete the blog?
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Is the content unique that is the main question?
I would not delete the blog I would look at putting 301 re directs in place and mapping out content and urls on the new site.
I would also look at moving across content if it is unique, you could even add content to a sub domain if it is not that great.
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