G's ranking shot up after I culled dead webpages.

[WagerX]

About a month ago I removed a bunch of pages with content that has been there a long time, and never had any visitors. Dead, useless content. I also removed a directory of "resources" (probably the main reason why I had such positive gains).

So, one month and thirty pages less, I jumped in Googles ranking for my target keyword phrases.

I thought I'd throw that out there.

[mauiman]

Thanks for the info. Most people are afraid to remove anything out of fear it'll rock the boat. But, your experience confirms what I've believed for a long time and that's that a pruning of dead wood, much like a plant, will help the health of the site overall.

[Webfu]

I wonder if it was letting go of the directory or just updating your content that helped with the climb....