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local niche, so yes the anchor text was probably very similar.  What's really weird is that I just noticed on one of my sites that I had accidentally left some REALLY old pages up for a couple of cities.  These are actually ranking now front page.  The others are back on page 2 or 3 and this one is now top 5. I think I'm just going to see what next week holds.  Google seems to have lost a screw this week.  I've had enough! Signing off for the week...

Agreed.  These sites are big on referrals.  If you invite a friend and they make a purchase you receive a kick-back.  Your friend also receives a discount on their first purchase on some of these, etc. This promotes passing on the message and is a huge marketing tool.

You guys are great, Thanks. I'm amazed by your response times and even AddThis came back to me by email in under a minute.

Will i get the majority of the link juice from the domains? Yes I want to know the best way to utilize them without any type of penalty. Your actions are perfect. You are redirecting them to relative pages on your site. As long as the pages are truly relevant, then you should be in great shape. The basic test is, will a visitor be happy they found the page you are directing them to? Or will they have more of a "what the heck is this" reaction? If you have re-directed the pages well, you will retain 90%+ of the link juice. How long that juice will last is dependent on several factors, some of which dignan shared. A SEOmoz staff member recently answered this same question: http://www.seomoz.org/qa/view/45944/redirecting-link-juice-from-purchased-domain-to-existing-domain