Seo Advice needed about dual websites

[User-Name]

Hi I hope you are well thanks for stopping by
I build my client a website
I did all the seo I know
I never cheat google I just give them quality content and use multiple methods of gaining backlinks
I quickly got him to number one for all his search terms.
He had an old website and he dropped all the content and redirected the url to the website I built.
Today I have 320 odd pages listed but they are nowhere to be found.
From 1 for everyterm to no where.
I am at a loss all I can think is the redirect has told google these websites are not to be trusted.
When I use logic it would be simple for a company like Ford or IBM to create multiple websites and take the top 10 web listings for there area of expertise.
Obviousl google would not like this.
I am backlinking my way out of this nightmare (hopefully)
Any thoughts greatly apreciated
Cheers
Andrew

[Giani]

Did you check if the new site is indexed by Google?


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[User-Name]

The old website has now been deindexed
I have never droped from 1 to nothing in such a short space of time
Frustrating because he has gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in a few days
He was number one for 7 months and had a pr of 3 (still has) so google must still hae trust.
Was not wise to take down the old website and then redirect it to the new one.
I am trying to backlink out of it.

[trytolearnmore]

I would ask this question in the "SEO section," but tell me this: what kind of keywords are you targeting (competition and search results), who are your competitors, and what kind of backlinking are you doing?

[User-Name]

Sorry My bad