Marshall - 1:24 pm on Aug 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

...looks like google has got a long memory

I have a popular niche site that was started in 1999. I took it down for two years and brought it back in June of '07. Within a month, its PR and SERP's where back where they left off. Google does indeed have a long memory.

I should mention, though, that virtually all the inbound links remained intact despite the fact the site was down all that time.

Marshall