different domains pointing to the same site

[jrd1mra]

I have a website that has been known as www.mydomain.com for some time now, however I have purchased www.myotherdomain.com and now am pointing it at the index, I want the site to be found under my new domain name but do not want to get in trouble for duplicate content, what is the best way to go about this?

[Marcia]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

If you're pointing it from the registrar chances are it's a 302 redirect. You don't really want that. Chances are if it's 302 then the new domain name could show up in the SERPs displaying the old page, but that isn't necessarily a good idea.

If it weren't for Yahoo mis-handling 301 permanent redirects right now, the best way would be to put the site on the new domain you want to use permanently, redirect the old with a 301 and get the backlinks changed.

I'm not so sure now, with the Yahoo 301 situation.

[jrd1mra]

thank you for the helpful information, Marcia.
Here is an update, I have both URLS pointing to the same IP. Both URLS are indexed separately, and have separate backlinks, what is the best strategy here? should I funnel them all into one URL marketing plan? Or just leave the old stuff and continue with marketing the new URL?