Can I use the old website content on the new website, after deleting it from the server?

[bondhoward]

My website nowwhatstudio.com hit by google pure spam and google applied manual spam action to the website.

I create new website (nowwhatmoments.com) with the same content from the old spam action website (nowwhatstudio.com). As google removed my old website content from search indexed. Can I use the same content for a new website?

If I delete my old website from the server, after that Can I use the old website content for a new website?

Or Can make edits the old website content and make it 80% original for a new website?

[gfiorelli1]

This question has been correctly answered here:

[EricaMcGillivray]

Moderator note: This question was also asked here.

[dynamyt100]

Personally I would start afresh. Your content has been flagged as Spam by Google's algorithms. If they crawl your new site it will basically end up with the same result.

[DennisSeymour]

I actually would just use it.

Maybe use the chance for a website redesign but retaining the content has been fine from what Ive worked on.

I might also consider a server change depending on how grave the spam attack was.

Just be sure you dont redirect the old domain

Good luck!

[jlane9]

Ok,

I would not use the same thing that just got you in trouble. That makes no sense. I would re-work all the content and clean it up as much as possible. Google must have given you some idea of what they did not like about your website in your Webmaster tools account. I would re-do all the content, images, image tags, file names. Make everything new.

Most importantly clean up any of the problem areas you know about. I would not just make the same content 80% new, I would also add much more content as well.

Hope that helps,

Joe