301 redirect to non-www

Will I get the backlinks back?

[a1call]

Hi,

I have put a 301 redirect from www to non-www. It seems that as a result I am missing a majority of my backlinks. Should I expect that in future updates I will get links to www.example.com counted towards the example.com or are these backlinks gone for ever?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

[tedster]

Link influence normally does pass through a 301 direct (once Google sorts everything out). Whether that means Google will show those links when you use the link: operator is a different question. But if you maintain your ranking and referrals, I wouldn't worry about the link: command. It only ever shows a sampling.

[a1call]

Hi tedster,

Thank you so much for the insight. I was hoping that would be the case. The reason I got concerned was not really due to reduced number of backlinks but a reduced pr (-1) coinciding with the last update. This is a relatively established site. I understand that PR could drop naturally and that Google only shows a subset of backlinks which it considers. The homepage now shows a lower PR than one of it's sub-domains.
Thanks for the reassurance.

[g1smd]

Allow at least 6 weeks for Google to sort out any changes that you advertise using 301 redirects.

Google will be faster at listing target (redirect end-point) pages, and much slower at removing redirected URLs from their index.

[a1call]

Hi Gentlemen,

Thanks for the replies.
Just an update:
The PR seems to have recovered just now. The upcoming back-links seem higher but still lower than pre-redirect. Bottom line I think you are both correct.