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In the past I wrote around 30 articles and posted them on well-known article sites like ezinearticles.com. This was successful in SEO terms for several years, but Google Panda and Penguin have put paid to all that. About 18 months ago I paid someone to change my link text on those article sites (and also get rid of other spammy links), which helped for a while. Now though it seems that those sites really are the kiss of death, because of the duplicate content. I've deleted my articles where I can, but some are still out there, some with links back to my site, some not.
I would like to recycle some of the content on my own site as it's still good and relevant but am worried if the same information is still out there it will do me more harm than good. Should I just accept that what I wrote could now be toxic as far as Google is concerned and forget about it?
How seriously should I try and delete those articles of mine still on the web, particularly those with links back to my site? Some of these places ask for money for deletions, while others seem to have no contact details at all. It does seem to be affecting my rankings.
I would like to recycle some of the content on my own site as it's still good and relevant but am worried if the same information is still out there it will do me more harm than good. Should I just accept that what I wrote could now be toxic as far as Google is concerned and forget about it?
How seriously should I try and delete those articles of mine still on the web, particularly those with links back to my site? Some of these places ask for money for deletions, while others seem to have no contact details at all. It does seem to be affecting my rankings.
