Recently swollenpickles.com copped a smack and dropped way down the Google SERPs. It was a very sad day. Anyway, 4 months later, and it looks like I'm back. Here's a summary of what I did (whether it contributed to getting back in or not, I'm not sure): 1. Removed Text-Link-Ads 2. Removed the PayPerPost tools code from my footer.php file 3. Eased off on the PayPerPost opportunities 4. Filed a reinclusion request via Googles webmaster tools You can read my full post here.
Congrats on getting back in. 2 of my sites have been in the Google Dog House for about a month now. I'm hoping it ends soon! I also removed TLA from both sites and added nofollow tags to outbound links. Hope it helps.
I did this with a site over a year back and it seemed to work well. I did almost the same exact steps, ha ha. That is so strange!