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Fab, thanks for taking the time to reply that really helps going forward. Much appreciated.

This was indeed the problem - such a simple issue, but helps us in future to be wary of that stumbling block Thanks!

Hey Russ, Thanks for your reply. I will do my best to answer your questions 'back at me'! 1. I was aware that the reconsideration request may have no impact and as the client doesn't recall receiving a penalty notice, I just got it done to ensure we were covering all basis. And for a couple of minutes used, I thought it would be worth checking. 2. I agree we need to do some link removal. One question on the back of that, and ensuring we do what is needed within the client's limited budget is, if the links/websites are no longer listed in Google (which from the partial data we have from the old company, many are not), does removing them hold any value as the links won't be passing signals of any kind if the site's not in the SERPs any more, right? 3. My only concern with this one is the risk of duplicated content. The client has already re-written the home page and is in the process of re-writing the others because of the previous company's spammy SEO approach. To get them to write another version is going to be too much for them. I'm definitely considering getting them on a fresh domain but don't want to inadvertently cause them more problems! Thanks for the article, that came out during a time of illness so I completely missed it. Thanks!

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Hi Martin, the tool is also available in english I just checked it (I dot know why they dont translate the website :-)) This is the link to get a free account if u want to: http://www.linkbird.de/kostenloses-testlogin/?tracking_id=55 Harry

Hi Martin, You might find it useful to take a look at the Linkscape Update Schedule in case timing is a factor. I believe Rand outlined the recent changes to the indexing rationale in this webinar Using Open Site Explorer to Uncover New Marketing Opportunities , but if you still have questions then as Brian suggested, it may be a good idea to lodge a ticket or email the Help Team. help [at] seomoz.org. Hope that helps, Sha

Thanks - I will double-check those. The mark-up should be fine, but will go through everything again just to be sure and make sure a sitemap is added through Bing Webmaster tools. Thanks.