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My last site (10 months old) i paid for links, had outsourced cheap quality back links. Do you think starting over is an option ? A new site (with content and everything from my old site) and doing manual high quality seo myself ? or will Google spam my new one as well ?
Thank You for suggestions. I tried my best to remove all backlinks. I paid some directories to take off all links. bookmarks4you.com had 76 back links pointing to my site (a link per tag creted by my seo "expert") . I paid the directory to remove all links pointing in. I used disavow 2 weeks ago. and Still the same. It's as if though, Google has penalized my homepage for certain keywords.
When I look at my competitors, they've done little to no seo (which is what I must have done) and they're ranking top page. for instance - http://effectivehypnosisnj.com
I'm genuinely feeling frustrated. Do you think starting over is an option ?
Buying a new domain, copying the site into the new domain, and starting fresh is a better option ? or will Google see it as spam again ?
Thank You
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I agree Everett, my site must have received a keyword level algorithmic penalty. Because, all of the unrelated sub-pages are being ranked. It's a poor SEO decision.
I'm cleaning the cheap social bookmarking back-links. And, starting to build some quality and natural links to my site. Hopefully it helps. I'll brand it to Imraaz Rally.
My anchor text distribution is unnatural as you pointed out. I'm working on that. Thanks for the suggestion.
My sub-pages are ranking well, but Homepage isn't ranking well for the keywords I'd like it to. It used to in the past.
My site - njhypnotherapy.com used to rank (#2-5) 1st page in google for many keywords. In Sep/Oct I noticed my homepage ranking drop dramatically for the main keywords.
Well, I made some foolish decisions and I'm trying to clean up the mess. Low quality links, duplicate content...etc
I rewrote most of the content, removed unnecessary pages, removed as many low quality links, and used disavow for the rest. It's been a 2 Weeks now. I noticed a lot of improvements in my sub-pages. From #50 to #20. Not Bad. My homepage still isn't ranking. Any suggestions to improve?
Btw, I've included my link metrics below if it helps 
Thank You
I agree Everett, my site must have received a keyword level algorithmic penalty. Because, all of the unrelated sub-pages are being ranked. It's a poor SEO decision.
I'm cleaning the cheap social bookmarking back-links. And, starting to build some quality and natural links to my site. Hopefully it helps. I'll brand it to Imraaz Rally.
My anchor text distribution is unnatural as you pointed out. I'm working on that. Thanks for the suggestion.
