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That is encouraging for me, thanks Vanja.  Ill get busy on the content end of things

even with the hit I still seem to be getting some inquiries,

all the best

Silas

Hi Vanja

yes I think i have learned my lesson from this experience

I am still confused on how to get natural links, I do have some good content but this is a topic I will have research more

thanks for your thoughts

Silas

Thanks Vanja

yes I think you are right about letting cooler heads prevail

Do you think that I need to hunt down those bad links or will google forgive my sins over time?

I am not clear wither bad links put you on a permanent s$#t list

cheers

Silas

HI Alan

thanks for your post and sorry for the false url - it is actually -  www.acupunctureclinicvictoriabc.ca

In regards to content, I definitely made mistakes with key word stuffing in the past, but thought I had corrected this issue

based on the reports from SEOmoz

Grade A for on page and 31 for site authority

I did get 29 crawl errors (most due to duplicate content) and 91 crawl warnings (related to missing meta descriptions)

The issue seems to be with the bad links.  There are currently 141 pointing to the site, I disavowed a bunch already

Based on me fixing the issues mentioned an focusing on natural link building from here on in I might recover over time?many thanks!Silas

Hi friends

My site www.acupunctureclinicvictoriabc.com was recently hit by the penguin update and i dropped to page 5 of local searchs for my key words.  A while back I had some bad link building done and now paying for it:(

I thought the disavow tool (used 4 months ago) would deal with this issue but apparently not

The current url is feeling like a lost cause.

My question is if I start fresh on a new url, can I use my old content (or even clone the site and move it to a new url) without being punished for duplicate content on the new site?

Any recommendations for starting fresh?

I really appreciate any thoughts on this matter, as I am feeling a bit lost and bummed about this issue

thanks!

Thanks nathan

yes I kinda doubt the disavow tool is of much use, hence why I am now looking at moving to a new url

lessons learned

Hi Nathan

thanks for your reply.

Unfortunately I already used the disavow tool a few months back when I realized what happened to my site.  I was starting to rank up again then the new penguin update came along a buried me.

So you dont think I would be punished for duplicate content if I used my content on a new url after taking down the old site?

many thanks!

Greetings

My site was seriously punished in the recent penguin update.  I foolishly got some bad out sourced spammy links built and I am now paying for it

I am now thinking it best to start fresh on a new url, but I am wondering if I can use the content from the flagged site on the new url.

Would this be flagged as duplicate content, even if i took the old site down?

your help is greatly appreciated

Silas