Redirect to a new domain

Lost Of Page Rank from the old U.R.L.

[raymondberthier]

Hello Webmasterworld afficionados,
We have changed the domain name of my website recently (for optimisation purpose), and the old dommain is redirecting automatically to the new one. However, the new domain has lost the Page Rank from the old one..
Is there anything to do in order to have it back?
Cheers,
Johann

[peewhy]

Welcome to webmaster world!

What condition did you leave your old website in?

[raymondberthier]

Hi peewhy and thanks for your welcome,
The old url redirect automatically to the new one, there's nothing left of the old one really..

[peewhy]

The new one will have to achieve a PR under its own steam. It wouldn't have adopted the old one but may have inherited some of its merits.

It only a matter of time before you see a new PR.

[raymondberthier]

Thanks Peewie,
the problem is PR=0 (and not grey) for the new url (5 for the old one), and the new site has been optimized (pages titles, visible text..). I thought Google gives an estimated PR to the new websites, why 0 for this one?

[peewhy]

Who knows what Google does nowadays!

Do you know if your new site is indexed?

[raymondberthier]

I've just check and it's only coming on 13th position for the search mydomain.com
Furthermore, 7 out of 11 secondary pages have a PR of 3, the 4 remaining have a grey status.. I don't understand what is going on.. Any idea?
Thank you,
Johann

[peewhy]

It will settle, don't pull out anymore hair :)
Have you tried www2.google and www3.google - if not do so and see if there are any differences.

[raymondberthier]

Nope, unfortunately there's no change in 2.g or 3.g..
Moreover when I search for: my domain , first 2 results = old URL, and third is a secondary page from the new website.. I cannot see the new home page!
A very rainy Friday indeed!

[delart]

Google can ban your site couse, that your old domain is redirect to new domain by server code or other ways, IMHO...

Give us your sites addresses?

[raymondberthier]

I thought it's against the rule of this forum to give url?

[delart]

I guess that In the reason of SEO-science you may give your addresses or send me your private messages...

[peewhy]

delart

Google can ban your site couse, that your old domain is redirect to new domain by server code or other ways, IMHO...

take a look at www.gogle.com- the spelling is correct.
You'll find it redirects to .... guess who :)