which one i choose-301 or 302 redirect wrt SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by anshulgupta, Mar 11, 2010.

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    i am running a website from 1 year and it has page rank 3.But the domain is not TLD (top level domain), it is a co.cc domain.It is going to expire with in 20 days so i purchased a new domain(.in).Now how will i redirect the new domain to older domain(either 301 or 302) so new domain get full benefit of page rank and page rank of 3 remains maintain.i read some blog.some one said first redirect via 302 for some time then 301.some blogs says -Google treat badly for 302 redirect. i am not able to find out which is most suitable in this situation so that search engine like Google give the same importance to new domain as given to older one.
    please help?
     
    anshulgupta, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  2. PhilipSEO

    PhilipSEO Notable Member

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    #2
    Only 301-redirects are SEO friendly and transfer PR. Don't use 302.
     
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  3. pwslinks

    pwslinks Member

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    #3
    You're getting it wrong. Do not redirect your new domain to your old domain which about to expire soon. What's the use?
     
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    If the domain dropped in about 20 days, renew it but still do a redirect to your new domain.
    WHY? Because if you redirect now, and after 20 days the domain stopped working, you will lose your PR juice.

    If you have this on your old domain
    http://www.oldomain.com/path/file.php
    Code (markup):
    and want to redirect user to the same page on your new domain
    http://www.newdomain.com/path/file.php
    Code (markup):
    Then the best way is to do this in your .htaccess
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?OLD\.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule .* http://www.NEW.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
    Code (markup):
     
    proxywhereabouts, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  5. inspiroHost

    inspiroHost Peon

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    #5
    Just use 301.
     
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  7. proxywhereabouts

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    Yep, 301 is the best BUT

    So, the point here is for the OP to extend his .co.cc domain and then use 301 redirect like my example above.
     
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    Avoid using 302's as they lead to crawling and indexing issues.
     
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