Keeping a Google listing which re-directs

Listing which re-directs has top Google rank - will it stay that way?

[Plucky]

Six months ago I purchased an expired domain name, lets call it keyword-keyword.com, and re-directed the traffic to my main site. Keyword-keyword.com has great rankings on Google and brings lots of traffic.

I had assumed that the listings on Google for keyword-keyword.com would disappear as soon as Google saw the re-direct, but this hasn't happened :-) Six months worth of traffic so far. (Google spider must be following the re-direct from Keyword-keyword.com - as it's using the title tag from my home page.)

I am now making some changes to optimise my main site but I'm very wary of doing anything that might have the keyword-keyword.com listings removed.

Does Google not removing listings that are just re-directs?
If I make changes to my home page could I raise a flag to google that will get keyword-keyword.com de-listed?

Thanks.

[seindal]

Hi,

Have a look at [webmasterworld.com...] where a similar problem was debated.

René.

[europeforvisitors]

Changing your home page shouldn't affect the redirect. I've seen the same phenomenon occur at About.com, where dead sites and pages redirect to subdomain index pages that change every week or two.

I'd guess that the determining factor in whether Google continues to list the redirect will be inbound links to the old URL.

[troels nybo nielsen]

Welcome to WW, Plucky.

I would suggest that you write a little bit of genuine, relevant content for your re-direct page. That should solve your problem.