greenfrog - 8:51 am on Nov 2, 2005 (gmt 0)

longen - I have found that when you have approx. 50 template pages google is ok with them. When you get over 50 similar template pages, google flags them as too similar of pages.

1.)Before setting up any redirects to a new site I would try to decrease the number of templated pages. Are you templated pages dynamic with slight variations of keyphrases or keywords?

2.)Maybe you can also introduce more types of variating words within the templated pages.

You may want to setup 301 redirects for ophaned pages. You can also use the google auto-removal tool to get out page names / urls that you don't want too see again for at least 6 months. Be very careful using this tool as you can really screw yourself, and if you do you'll probably have no choice but to go to a new domain at that point.

I've found the auto-removal tool as a good resource, but a very dangerous one.

3.) Lastly be very careful about creating new page names, or varying the urls. You may end up inflaming the issue and getting duplicate content into the supplemental index and then you'll be you know where without a paddle.