301'ing old (2000), high PR, high pages indexed domain

[comfortsteve]

Hi,

I have an old (2000), very high PR,  20M+ pages indexed by goog domain which... got adsense banned.

The domain has taken a few hits over the years from penguin/panda, but come out pretty well compared to many competitors.  The problem is it was adsense banned in the big adsense acct ban of 2012 for invalid activity. No, I still have no idea what the issue was.

I'd like to start using a new domain if I can safely get goog to pass the PR & indexing love so I can run adsense & Adx.

What are your initial thoughts? Am I out of my mind to try?

[RyanPurkey]

Hi Steve. EGOL would be the expert on this question for sure.  And just to clarify it was only a site that triggered removal and not you as an individual or company? Beyond that, here's the official guide on how to get a site reinstated based on appeal:

We're always willing to work with you to resolve any issues you might have. If you feel that this decision was made in error, and if you can maintain in good faith that the invalid activity was not due to the actions or negligence of you or those for whom you are responsible, you may appeal the disabling of your account.

To do so, please contact us only through our appeal form.

Once we receive your appeal, we'll do our best to inform you quickly and will proceed with appropriate action as necessary. Please understand, however, that there is no guarantee that your account will be reinstated.

Once we've reached a decision on your appeal, further appeals may not be considered, and you might not receive any further communication from us.

From: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/57153#q2  Chances are you've already tried this and the appeal was rejected. Did you go over each and every point of their reasoning behind invalid activity? Did you go full kimono? You could try once more but I'd preface that as FINAL appeal and then let it rest and look for different advertisers.

If you do pursue linking the old, banned account to a new one, you'd probably run afoul of, "My account was disabled for being related to another disabled account. Can you tell me more about this relation?" from that same page...  Good luck!

[comfortsteve]

Do many 'related' accts get shut down if the new site/acct is running clean?

[RyanPurkey]

Couldn't tell ya. If you have an existing relationship with an account rep there I'd work directly with them on both points. Personally the linking of a banned site to a clean account sounds very high risk.

[comfortsteve]

I dunno, it's not like I have anything to lose adsense wise. I can't use it now.

[RyanPurkey]

So you have individually been banned? You're probably out of luck there.

[comfortsteve]

Any thoughts on the 301'ing of a site with such stats??

[RyanPurkey]

If you're saying that organically it's ranking well you'll see a dip from the redirection process. If you like the site and don't want the risks associated in redirecting, you should probably avoid redirecting it.