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Using Content on Site Removed From Google?

by pjdengler
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I want to switch to a new domain on one of my sites for various reasons. The current site is indexed in Google but has a link penalty. The content is good though so I would like to use it on my new domain. If I remove the old site from Google in webmaster tools and take the old domain down, will I be able to use the content on my new site without running into any content related penalties? I know Google has a memory but does fully removing my old site from the index wipe that memory out? I do not want to redirect my old domain to my new one either.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlmightyGreg
    Originally Posted by pjdengler View Post

    I want to switch to a new domain on one of my sites for various reasons. The current site is indexed in Google but has a link penalty. The content is good though so I would like to use it on my new domain. If I remove the old site from Google in webmaster tools and take the old domain down, will I be able to use the content on my new site without running into any content related penalties? I know Google has a memory but does fully removing my old site from the index wipe that memory out? I do not want to redirect my old domain to my new one either.
    I would personally recommend you rewrite the content. You can never be too sure with google. For once, even if is good content, who knows if google keeps track of all previously published content (meaning if you are to repost the exact same content it can be seen as spam).

    If I was you I get either, brand new content or do a high quality rewrite of all your content
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    Agree with Greg and err on the side of caution. Many will just come on and say wait until it is no longer indexed by Google and then use it again - but I think they are smarter than that. You also run the risk of other's having already snatched your content and they'll end up beating you in republishing in the SERPS for it.

    I know it seems paranoid but I'm pretty sure google has tons of content within it's own archives (including all that within the supplementary serps) that it's not going to forget about. Maybe that's for the future and storage capacity issues hinder them exploiting it - but surely they are wising up to this?

    Having said all that - I've used a ton of old content that I know was indexed back over a few years and I've had no problem with it - I suspect with the increasing use of repurposed domains and building of networks using dropped and expired domains this is something that Google will target shortly. Just a hunch but for now you might just get away with it.
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