TheMadScientist - 4:00 pm on Nov 12, 2012 (gmt 0)

This is like a great big game of 'Go Fish' lol

Did you replace: "lorem ipsum dolor"
With: "lorem ipsum dolor ABC"
To get the content to show as unique in copyscape? LOL

Seriously though:

... it showed 32 referring domains ...

My best guess right now is it's a combination of things ... Low link count + No strong links to overcome any 'spamminess' or 'low quality' associated with some unknown number of the links + Some type of low quality signals onpage = We don't want (need?) to index you.

It might not be those exact issues, but I think it's likely a combination and the low number of inbound links and not having any really solid links (from what it sounds like anyway) and IMO those could definitely have some influence on the situation, so my first 'gut instinct' after reading the '32 domains' number is to say get some good solid inbound links* and see what happenes...

* I wouldn't even worry too much about the text, just something quality links to flow some PageRank, because the ones you described don't sound like they'll pass much, if any, weight. (You can worry about the text and what you rank for after you get back in.)

So, in reading, it sounds like you only have a sliver of PR (at best) which won't overcome any 'negative signals' and that together with the site being on a heavily covered topic could, IMO, tip the scale to 'we don't need to index this one, because we have plenty of info on this topic listed already'.