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Will 301 redirecting a penalized site pass the penalty?

by Dmreed4311
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I have a site that lost all ranking due to over optimizing my anchor text keywords, no official penalty notifiacation from google in webmaster tools but my site went from #1 to nowhere a couple months ago and I cannot clean the links up. So if i create a new site on a new domain and do a 301 redirect from the old to the new will the penalty pass to the new site?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
    The short answer is YES it will. If thats what caused the penalty to begin with.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Answer - YES.
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  • Profile picture of the author lucidzfl
    don't use a 301. how does google feel about javascript redirects?
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  • Profile picture of the author patadeperro
    Originally Posted by Dmreed4311 View Post

    I have a site that lost all ranking due to over optimizing my anchor text keywords, no official penalty notifiacation from google in webmaster tools but my site went from #1 to nowhere a couple months ago and I cannot clean the links up. So if i create a new site on a new domain and do a 301 redirect from the old to the new will the penalty pass to the new site?
    How do you know you are penalized and not just in the sandbox?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jayroo
    it will pass the link juice, but eventually get penalized, you should trial this on a subdomain, so you don't waste money on a new domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author FranksToys
    Yes it will. Use a 302 redirect if you want to retain the traffic from the domain and not the links.

    Truth is you should just fix the problem, it's easier than starting over.
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    • Profile picture of the author michaelra
      Originally Posted by FranksToys View Post

      Truth is you should just fix the problem, it's easier than starting over.
      I thought it's the other way around? Since no one knows why a site/blog is penalised (assuming it's an algorithmic penalty)
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  • Profile picture of the author promo87
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    If you have not get notification then its Algorithmic penalty, which will be taken out on next update but before that you need to workout against the penalty. So, identify which penalty has hit your rankings and yes redirecting pass the penalty but effects will be seen in around 4-5 months. You can gain benefits at start but its not long term oriented
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