| Is it safe to redirect one site to another?
Have 1 site with over 1000 pages indexed... |
cxlasl
msg:3205156 | 8:41 pm on Jan 1, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Hello, will I be penalized by the search engines if I redirect one site to another in the same genre? I have a site I have worked very hard on for a year, but the domain is too long and I already have another shorter and better domain in the same industry. Can I simply manage the new (site) domain, and redirect the old to the new as well? Will this hurt my rankings for either? Lastly, how can I get traffic from the previously indexed pages all redirected to the new site? Sorry so long, and thank you in advance for any assistance! Happy New Year!
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Corey Bryant
msg:3205157 | 8:45 pm on Jan 1, 2007 (gmt 0) |
You can do a 301 permanent re-direct.
IIS: [webmasterworld.com...] htaccess: [webmasterworld.com...] -Corey
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cxlasl
msg:3205245 | 10:35 pm on Jan 1, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Thanks Corey! I will read up... So in your opinion I can get all indexed pages redirected as well, and the search engines won't consider these doorway pages or something else negative? Thanks again
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Corey Bryant
msg:3205272 | 11:24 pm on Jan 1, 2007 (gmt 0) |
They should not be considered doorway pages because you are using a 301 re-direct. I just did this over the holiday weekend and I see that Google has my new domain name already indexed. The old domain name is still there but it points to the new one -Corey
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RedWolf
msg:3205501 | 8:08 am on Jan 2, 2007 (gmt 0) |
You might want to read this thread in the Google News section first to make sure you are prepared for the negatives of changing domain names. [webmasterworld.com...] Cheers
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