Partial Match Penalty Site - Move Portion & Redirect To New Site

[dueces]

So I have a site that currently has a partial match penalty from google, I have been working to get it removed...Bad SEO basically my site was submitted to a bunch of bad blog networks..Hopefully it gets lifted soon as we remove and disavow links.

That said I was planning on moving a portion of my site to a new site since its not really the focus of the site anymore however still pays the bills. I have also have been building it more of a network of sites..So If I do that and 301 redirect the pages I moved, will the penalty carry? On the current site I planned on using Rel no follow to any links that I may change in the header/menus etc..

Some of these pages I believe have the penalty while others dont. I really just dont want to screw anything else up more then it is?

My biggest fear is that its perceived as a blackhat method or something like that? Any thoughts?

[Jonathan1979]

Be careful with partial moves.  I have got stung before by doing it incorrectly.

Essentially what happens is that all the internal links that link to the select pages you move will count as external links for the brand new pages.  This could create a large number of backlinks from menu's footer, sidebar, menu links or any other links and give you a penalty on the new site on the next penguin refresh.

[FedeEinhorn]

As long as you don't 301 penalized pages / websites to a non-penalized site, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

However, if you are sure your current site has pages penalized instead of a link penalty (which means that incoming links are not being counted, not that your site is penalized), then you shouldn't 301 anything if you are planning to "start over".

There's been reports from people with penalized sites which moved to another domain and they were able to recover. I would only recommend such a move if you are now working only with your previous customers (existing before the penalty). But if you are still gaining search traffic and customers, then you should consider fixing the issues instead of moving.

Just my 2 cents