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Here's the information about how to file a reconsideration request with Google and let them know that you were hacked but you fixed it. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35843

Ah now I see. Outbound to other sites. Yes you definitely don't want to do that!

Hi Bob, I think you are asking about PageRank Sculpting. There was talk awhile ago about this no longer being practical and that the juice was lost due to changes in the algo. I think SEOmoz ran some tests on this that were inconclusive... so generally I think opinion is still PageRank Sculpting is dead. Maybe look up some stuff on faceted navigation to deal with the issues you may be having with the site. Hope this helps. G