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If you submit a reconsideration request, the first thing they're going to do is see if you have a manual penalty. Then they might look to see if you deserve a manual penalty. So unless you've got a Webmaster Tool notice that you definitely have a penalty, don't ask for reinclusion. Most likely you've been hit by Penguin and your backlinks are devalued.

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