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will my rankings return after making too many url changes?

by dereck
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Hi guys,
after my serp dramatically fell for ALL of my keywords I filed for reconsideration. amazingly, i got an answer from google:

there is no malware and no penalty and the most likely reason for my fall in serp is that I may have changed too many urls - which I did - boohoo

I know I shouldn't have done this - I have learnt my lesson

My question: will my ranking return? I have removed all the pages where I have changed the URLs because I thought they may have been penalized for duplicate content.

How long will it take for the situation to rectify itself? It's been already 10 days now.

Please only answer if you have experience with this - no guesses, please.
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  • Profile picture of the author smorse1
    should come back, give it time.
    You could do a 301 redirect in your htaccess file to map old urls to the new ones. This could potentially help, especially if you built backlinks to any of the old urls.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    In what way did you change the urls?
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    Originally Posted by dereck View Post

    Hi guys,
    after my serp dramatically fell for ALL of my keywords I filed for reconsideration. amazingly, i got an answer from google:

    there is no malware and no penalty and the most likely reason for my fall in serp is that I may have changed too many urls - which I did - boohoo

    I know I shouldn't have done this - I have learnt my lesson

    My question: will my ranking return? I have removed all the pages where I have changed the URLs because I thought they may have been penalized for duplicate content.

    How long will it take for the situation to rectify itself? It's been already 10 days now.

    Yes, it should come back. Re-submit your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools. This may help speed up the process.

    Please only answer if you have experience with this - no guesses, please.
    Yes, it should come back. Re-submit your sitemap to Webmaster Tools. This may help speed up the process.
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    • Profile picture of the author dereck
      I just made new urls - it's easy in wordpress. I tried to incorporate better keywords into the urls.

      How long will it take you reckon?
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