Toolbar ranking but not in Google

[david27]

About two months ago I submitted a new site to Google.
I notice a couple of days ago that it has a toolbar ranking of 4 but is not yet in Google search engine.

I also had the same website as a subdirectory under another domain and this is in Google search engine.

Do I have to remove this subdomain before Google will pick up th new domain?
I am concerned about loosing the traffic from the subdomain so is it possible to simply redirect traffic to the new domain without being also penalised.
Thanks
David

[Sinner_G]

Hi david27 and welcome to WebmasterWorld.

The toolbar PR does not really say anything. If a site is not in the index, the toolbar just makes an estimate of the PR.

I would advise to remove the subdomain, as Google might see this as duplicate content.

Sinner

[david27]

Thanks Sinner for the welcome - I really appreciate the help.

Can I do a site closed 303 message and then direct all Google traffic to my new domain without any penalty?
If so I would love to know how to, using html and ftp.

Cheers
David