Whitey - 2:10 am on Oct 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

Austrian Oak - I posted some opinions over on [webmasterworld.com...] - since i felt the criteria for dealing with a reversal ofthe filters is generic at a general level.

For what it's worth, and purely from a supportive standpoint , be very hard on yourself with the specifics of what you have done. It's like a kind of audit of what you've done and may reveal missed areas.

When filing a reinclusion request, i think the representation has got to be compelling both to you, your team of advisors and Google. Treat it professionally and make it simple for the operator to understand.

An example of someone that has not done their homework [ i mean it respectfully for us all to learn from ] is the site over in Google Groups to which Adam responded.

I wish the siteowner well [ although i don't need to be as polite as Adam ] , but i see that many of the people who are complaining, have sites that are not much better or they've missed the points to fix completely . Sadly, i cannot yet report that i have completely fixed the plank in my own eye :)

If all we say is "How beautiful my site looks to Google " we'll all pass away waiting for a suitor - we must be specific on those fixes to the needs of Google and represent the reinclusion request in a compelling manner. Likewise for the algo's.

e.g.

I fixed a, b , c
My site has unique value because it provides a , b , c

IMO :)

[edited by: tedster at 3:21 am (utc) on Oct. 20, 2006]