Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
I never really thought much of it. I just developed the site and in the past few years almost all of the inbound links to the site are for one of the domain names. Let's call the domain with the higher PR DomainA and the other one DomainB.
I have noticed that some of the search engines, including Google picked up on DomainB, and that some referrals from search engines were going to DomainB. The vast majority of visitors visit DomainA but DomainB does get about 5% or less of the visits to the site.
Anyway, I only recently discovered threads on various forums talking about a duplicate content penalty. Since both of the domains are pointing to the same site, could I be vulnerable to this penalty?
Also, suppose I redirect all the visits to DomainB to go to DomainA instead using 301 redirects. Will that cause any problems? Does Google mind that I have a second domain name for my site? I can't see why.
In fact, the second domain name is a good name, and I'd like to keep it pointed at the site if at all possible (ie. no penalty will be incurred). I just want to do the 301 redirect instead.
What are your experiences, thoughts, suggestions, etc?
Thanks in advance,
sr123
Sorry, the topic had moved near the bottom of the page. If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd appreciate hearing them.
Regards,
sr123
(sorry... really would appreciate some insight on this matter)
I think these are a good place to start. For more try:
should I redirect duplicate domains to one site:webmasterworld.com
on your favorite search engine.
Justin
