> I've posted a couple of times previously about my sitewww.eahelisking.com
> and I've implemented all the recommendations that have been suggested
> by the board.

> A brief synopsis:
> Site namehttp://www.eaheliskiing.com. Search term "heliskiing".
> Old sitehttp://www.eladv.comused to be very high rank (top 5),
> although it had very old content and hadn't been updated for years!
> Newer site (I say new - it is about 5 yrs old!)wasn't ranking well =
> penalised due to eladv.com! I redirect 301 old to new. Index page of
> new page went high rank initially then fell away. Newer site still
> seems to be penalised.

> I submitted the newer site for reconsideration again a couple of weeks
> ago but it seems that my site is still penalised (when I take a
> segment of text from the pages they do not show up high in the
> rankings although the page says is "indexed").

> I would welcome any further suggestions as to why the newer site might
> still be penalised... my guess is that the site is suffering due to
> directory listings / paid links on general directories that had been
> implemented a few years ago. In amongst the free directory listings we
> have had some great links from national newspapers and other
> businesses in our sector (I'd say 30% high quality links v 70%
> directory / paid listings) - out of approx 600 links in.

> I've tried contacting a lot of the free directories to get our links
> removed but they are mostly uncontactable.

> Do I start again with a new domain name? Or should I continue to try
> to get my site link removed from "paid directories / free listings? Or
> can anyone see something I'm not seeing!!

> Thanks (again) in advance.

> Bill

> On Mar 25, 7:59 am, billd wrote:

> > Hi All,

> > I've posted a couple of times previously about my sitewww.eahelisking.com
> > and I've implemented all the recommendations that have been suggested
> > by the board.

> > A brief synopsis:
> > Site namehttp://www.eaheliskiing.com. Search term "heliskiing".
> > Old sitehttp://www.eladv.comusedto be very high rank (top 5),
> > although it had very old content and hadn't been updated for years!
> > Newer site (I say new - it is about 5 yrs old!)wasn't ranking well =
> > penalised due to eladv.com! I redirect 301 old to new. Index page of
> > new page went high rank initially then fell away. Newer site still
> > seems to be penalised.

> > I submitted the newer site for reconsideration again a couple of weeks
> > ago but it seems that my site is still penalised (when I take a
> > segment of text from the pages they do not show up high in the
> > rankings although the page says is "indexed").

> > I would welcome any further suggestions as to why the newer site might
> > still be penalised... my guess is that the site is suffering due to
> > directory listings / paid links on general directories that had been
> > implemented a few years ago. In amongst the free directory listings we
> > have had some great links from national newspapers and other
> > businesses in our sector (I'd say 30% high quality links v 70%
> > directory / paid listings) - out of approx 600 links in.

> > I've tried contacting a lot of the free directories to get our links
> > removed but they are mostly uncontactable.

> > Do I start again with a new domain name? Or should I continue to try
> > to get my site link removed from "paid directories / free listings? Or
> > can anyone see something I'm not seeing!!

> > Thanks (again) in advance.

> > Bill- Hide quoted text -

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