Effects on website if domain name changes.

Hi All,

My question is that due to some reason i have to change my domain name, but i dont want to lost back links and all that,,,would it be good if i chaneg it to .com to .net???will .net effect the site, i mean to say that will it be create hindrance on the growth of the website???

What you people suggest, should i go for a new similar domain with .com or will continue with the same name but with .net or any other like .us .org .info e.t.c

 

301 redirect to the new domain.

 

if i redirect it,will it decrease my traffic???

 

You shouldn't lose search traffic with a 301 redirect.

 

No matter what the domain (.net or .com or whatever) you can use a 301 redirect which will forward your traffic and pagerank, and Google will start indexing your new site.

 

The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently". So since you are changing domain name, you need to tell seach engine that you have moved permanently to a new address.

301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine friendly method for webpage redirection. it's very easy to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page.

 

Thnaks to Alll,,

 

I heard there is a way to carry over PR to the new site as well. Does anyone know if there is any truth to that? How do you do it?

 

You have to redirect old domain to new domain.
By using simple redirect 301 code in your robot.txt file of site.

A dynamic page is one generated by a database driven application, such as blog or forum software. A file name is appended by a query string, looking something like this:

Where a query string is used, the 301 redirect solution for static pages above will not work; you'll need to use a rewrite solution. Using the page.php?id=13 example, here's what you'll need to use in your htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=13$

 

Hey Shel,

Yeah,your talking way correct and i know the 301 redirect solution for static pages but some time its not work.If my site is dynamic then what i do?

 

Thanks for sharing the useful information..