Google Change of Address for previously penalised website?

[jeremycabral]

Hey guys

Would you use the 'change of address' tool (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/83106?hl=en) for a site that was previously penalised, pointing it to the new URL?

Cheers

Jeremy

[BradsDeals]

Why was it penalized? Is the site still penalized?

[MattRoney]

Hi Jeremy! Is there any more information you could offer?

[Eric_Rohrback]

If the previous site was penalized in any way and you're trying to start with a new domain, then you don't want to redirect or note a change of domain. This is going to help them update their index to reflect the new domain for your pages. I don't know enough about the penalty, but if it was a manual action then you really should fix the penalized domain before doing this. If you're too far into the penalty box, then you almost need to start fresh.

Can you offer any more insight on your current situation? Without knowing much more, my instinct is to say to not note a change of address if you're trying to move forward from a penalized domain.