troels_nybo_nielsen - 8:52 am on Apr 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

Sorry for having created a post that evidently was based on ignorance and thus runs the risk of confusing some readers. And thanks to those members who have helped clarify the problem.

I might add that at the same time two other domains went live. Though these two domains are new the websites on them are not. One domain is nowhere to be seen in the SERPs while the other one performed perfectly right from the start. I have a strong feeling that the difference is a matter of links and perhaps age.

The badly performing domain has very few incoming links and there are still some to its old address. And its a fairly new website. It went live in December on a subdomain.

The website on the well performing domain also migrated from a subdomain, but almost all the incoming links (about 1000) were changed to the new address within minutes of the website being moved. This website is a couple of years old.

I don't know if these experiences have any relevance to the discussion about new websites or if this is quite a different story.