Site Reconsideration - worth it or not ?

[steerpikegg]

Since the Mayday update, our traffic has taken a considerable downturn, like many other people here, so I was wondering if there was any value in submitting a site reconsideration or if it may do more harm than good by drawing attention.

Has anybody got experience of this or some insight please.

My site is completely white-hat and IMO has better content than most of the competitors who are now ranking more highly.

[tedster]

If you haven't found anything to fix about your site or its promotion, it could very well be a lost cause. It's rare to see a change in cases like that. See Reconsideration Request Tips [webmasterworld.com] for discussion about this and a linked video from the Google team.

[vivalasvegas]

My site is completely white-hat and IMO has better content than most of the competitors who are now ranking more highly.

I am in a similar situation with one of my websites. Sometime in March it lost 50% of its traffic and hasn't recovered since then. I submitted a reconsideration request, received a canned reply that they looked at my website and nothing happened. I guess they don't consider my website to be penalized because I am still receiving traffic from G. Why many of my pages no longer rank well is a big mistery to me.