Hit by Penguin, Can I move the content from the old site to a new domain and start again with the same content which is high quality

[warren007]

I need some advice please.

My website got the unnatural links detected message and was hit by penguin.. hard. Can I move the content from the current domain to a new domain and start again or does the content need to be redone also. I will obviously turn of the old domain once its moved.

The other option is to try and identify the bad links and change my anchor profile which is a hit and miss task in my opinion.

Would it not be easier just to identify the good links pointing to the old domain and get those changed to point to the new domain with better anchors.

thanks

Warren

[TakeshiYoung]

It really depends on how much unnatural links we're talking about.  Hundreds?  Thousands?

If your current site doesn't have too many backlinks (aside from the spam), moving to a new domain could work.  Just check to see first whether your content is being scraped on other sites, as they may outrank your new site if so.  Not sure how canonicals would work in a Penguin situation.

[Saijo.George]

It sounds like you have your work cut out either way you have to either

• Get the bad links identified and removed
• or get the good links pointed to the new domain

it boils down to which one would be the easier of the two. One other thing to note is if you have build you brand around the old site , you have to start from scratch on the new one.

[warren007]

it has hundreds, but my concern is google will always have a flag saying this site has done some bad stuff in the past.