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My suspicion is that Google didn't like our previous interlinking strategy between the sites as well as dupe content - so we delinked the branded sites and changed the content/structures around.
In short we have three domains with a great brand name , as part of a larger linking network of dynamic sites on the same C block, using mod_rewrite that are no longer appearing in the top results on Google [ for about a year ]. Our server is based in the US.
The other non branded foreign language sites are all happily receiving good Google traffic.
The branded sites are:
xyz111.com , xyz111.co.uk , xyz.ca the last 2 being used for picking up local traffic
The sites share about 50% of common content, 45% is fresh content delivered differently on each visit.
The sites that work well all have 100% different content.
Our same C block linking practices are:
A page2 > B page2 over 1000's of pages with varied anchor text.
We have taken steps to make the site URL and template structures different.
Should we ditch the last 2 and preserve .com , perhaps using 301 redirects and consolidate the local results onto the first one? Can we still achieve local results.
1) Make sure there is no common i.e. "dupe" content.
2) Remove gratuitous crosslinking... a bit of crosslinking between sites that are "on topic" is OK.
3) Make sure your mod_rewrite does not have multiple URLs pointing at the same content.
4) Srcub both sites of any questionable seo such as linking to junk sites.
5) Do a reinclusion form asking Google to remove penalties because you've seen the light.
6) Wait... the wait for reiclusion will be nothing compared to the wait after launching a new domain (which seems to top a year these days).
