Redirecting a PR0 domain name

must be safe, because you can't hurt another site?

[Slud]

Let say domain "example.com" gets a PR0. Could there be any danger in creating a mod_rewrite rule that would redirect all requests for "example.com" to "example-new.com"?

If this wasn't completely safe wouldn't you be able to hurt a competitor by redirecting a PR0 domain to their site?

Even if Google compared the cached snapshot of the PR0 to the redirected (new) page, it would still be possible to hurt a competitor by copying their site, getting a zero, and then setting up a redirect.

Any personal experiences with this?

[Brett_Tabke]

Depends on other factors, but I wouldn't do it.

[Slud]

Thanks for the reply Brett.

While it would be nice to pull a quick switcheroo on the domain name (without having to do a complete site reinstall), I see how factors like an IP & Domain registrant might still taint a new site.

Since I've got a couple zeros to work with I may give it a try.

With PR0's being so much easier to acquire than PR10's. I think not being able to hurt someone else's site is as close to a fact as one can find in the Google algorithm.

Update:
From [google.com...]
"There is almost nothing a competitor can do to harm your ranking or have your site removed from our index."

Is that "almost" new?