itisgene - 1:44 pm on Apr 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

I wouldn't create a mega site...yet.

If you heard about "new site sandboxed", this is not a good time to start a new one.

I moved a new one a month ago with 301 redirect but no SERP. I lost all the google traffic to the new site.

I would create a new mega site from the scratch. As Bigdave said, be carefulr when you link. I wouldn't recommend crosslinking. Just one way linking from high PR or authoritive sites would be better.

You can rewrite the contents from those 80 sites and reorganize them with better and cleaner SEO. You won't lose the current traffic from Other SEs and build one for all SEs.

It takes longer these days to be ranked well on Goolge especially with a NEW SITE. So, until you see some significant traffic to the newly designed mega site, I wouldn't put all the eggs in one basket.