Yahoo_Mike - 8:25 pm on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

to Crobb305

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In a previous post, it was mentioned that those with penalties should not bother paying for Site Match, because the penalties carried over. Yahoo_mike, are you now saying that this is no longer true? If the needed changes are made to the site, and a Site Match editor deems it appropriate for the index, will the editor manually remove the pre-existing penalty? What if the editor doesn't realize there is a penalty (doesn't properly investigate)?
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I guess I was a bit ambiguous. If your site was previously deemed to violate the editorial guidelines and you made no changes to the site then it will not be accepted into Site Match.

If you *change* your site and get it to a point where you feel it no longer violates the guidelines, then you could submit it to Site Match and it may be included into the Yahoo! results (dependent on whether your changed site was no longer in violation).