Hi Guys, I just have a quick question regarding one of my websites which got Google slapped back in April last year. Most of the pages (95%) of my website are still indexed in goggle but they are no where to be found even in the top 100 results. I took my website down from the web in December last year and recently put it back online. The question that I have is if using the same domain name would be OK or will getting a new domain name be more profitable in this case. Appreciate your help in advance.
Using the same domain should be fine. Most think that once you get penalized, you can no longer get back into Google's good graces. Not true. I suggest you update the site: add new content, change the layout, etc. and more importantly, build quality, positive backlinks to the site. Hope that helps. Have a good day!
When you say that you got Google slapped last April, do you mean that you received a manual penalty or Google actually contacted you and said that they had found suspicious links? Or are you saying that you simply dropped in the rankings due to the algorithm change?