Whitey - 10:59 pm on Apr 25, 2012 (gmt 0)

-Sites hit with sloppy backlink profiles from YEARS ago (adopted project) despite only adding quality diversified links for past 18 months

My sense is that this is accurate. The question is, will those phrases ever rank again using a quality backlink profile - clearly the pages can for other terms. 18 months of diversified link additions seems to suggest at best there is going to be a long delay.