Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
After some searching, I have the sinking suspicion that I have been penalized by Google because of duplicate content, because of this:
I once owned website1, but was forced to relinquish it. I registered and used the same host for website2, and in the same day, had the host company transfer all my content from website1 over to website2, thus I believe website2 came online (technically) while website1 was still operational. I then deleted all content on website1's server, and website1 is no longer registered to me, but to someone else (who I am guessing uses their own host).
It took some time, but much of website1's listing on Google has disappeared, but not completely. Almost all of the thread headers from website1's message board remains in Google two months later, as well as some more popular pages. And because those of website1's content that remains listed in Google is also in website2's (the exact same content, with only a minor change in the header (re: to reflect the site/domain name switch)), I believe I'm being penalized. While Google continues to send a bot to website2's server every day, spidering a maximum of 10 pages a day (but mostly less), it has refused to acknowledge that any of my backlinks exist, either in "link:" or "allinurl:".
Am I correct in guessing that because much of website1's content remains listed on Google, even though they don't actually exist anymore (remember, I deleted them all almost 2 months ago, and have no idea why the Google can't seem to grasp that those pages no longer exist), that I continue to be penalize by Google for duplicate content, and that this is why Google simply refuses to acknolwedge the existence of website2?
And if this is the case, what should I do to clarify/resolve the situation?
Any advices, thoughts, would be appreciated.
