Problem with indexed files before domain was purchased

[pwpaneuro]

Hello everybody,

We bought this domain a few months back and we're trying to figure out how to get rid of indexed pages that (i assume) existed before we bought this domain - the domain was registered in 2001 and had a few owners.

I attached 3 files from my webmasters tools, can anyone tell me how to get rid of those "pages" and more important: aren't this kind of "pages" result of some kind of "sabotage"?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Thank you,

Alex

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[RyanKent]

Is stocktips.com your domain? If so, it seems you have removed the old content which means the links on those pages will be gone as well. All the internal links and their 404 errors will naturally disappear in a month or two. You should see the number of those errors decreasing each week as they drop off.

You could redirect the pages to a 410 error, but it already has been over 2 1/2 weeks since the Oct 8th date in your screenshot, so I would simply allow them to fall off naturally.

[pwpaneuro]

Thanks Ryan,

Yes the domain is ours and I was hoping to see those links disappearing from our webmasters tools - I guess I need to be more patient.

It appears that in the past, this domain was a paid directory - I wonder if there's a penalization on it as well - kind of strange not to rank for it's own name...

[RyanKent]

You can file a Reconsideration Request and explain you have recently acquired the domain and suspect it may be under a penalty. If the site is under a manual penalty, it would likely be lifted. Otherwise, the site may be under an algorithmic penalty. Build your site out, establish new links and you should be fine over time.

[pwpaneuro]

Thank you Ryan!