I was thinking to change my double-dash domain name and looking for the process so SEO still survives and the site is moved with all links intact in Google. Here is what Google says: I want someone to put light on that, I believe we should do it in this way, Set up a new domain and copy (not move) all content including database and files. Keep both websites running. 301 redirect home-page and each internal page to each new page maybe with some simply htaccess file command (need someone to provide that. Is that enough or anything to change? Also, a single htaccess command would be enough that would 301 redirect any page like old-domain.com/articlex automatically redirects to new-domain.com/articlex so basically the command just changes the domain of the address, thanks and regards.
Frequently changing your website's URL is bad. It will greatly influence the quality of your site. Your previous work on link building will be completely a waste. The content that has been cached by search engines are not assessible with the previous URL. I'll say it is a completely SEO disaster. So, it is highly suggested to avoid such situation as much as possible.
I just have to change it, its not frequent. Its just a one time change on 1 month old site, no SEO done before on domain. So how to progress?
If you have not done any SEO on your website then move all your data to your new website. Don't run both the sites, otherwise after some time Google will send both your sites to penalty box because of the similar content.
As I said, I will 301 redirect the pages so it won't be duplicate. Anyone experienced enough please put some light on it, new registered users have stupid answers.
It is safe to change the URL of your website as long as you have 301 (permanent) redirect the old URL to the new URL so that the pass through ratio will still be carry on with your new URL.
If you have similar page name as one in your old domain, add the following code in htaccess file of your old domain: Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L] and upload it to root directory.
302 redirection is not advisable. It's because you might confused Google with it. Google bots, will think that this is just a temporary redirection and they will stick on the OLD URL and might IGNORE the NEW URL. With 302 redirection the pass through ration or the LINK JUICE of your OLD URL will not pass through to your NEW URL.
i alwayz recommend to go for 301 redirection - where it doesn't not effects your rankings, backilnks, and PR (it might take some time abt a month to revert).., you can perfectly go for 301 redirection which a Google Recommended Permanent Redirection.., all you need to wait for a month to revert all ur rankings and pr's.., better don't go for a 302 (Temporary redirection).. hope it helps you. let me know if u need any more info...,
I never once changing my URL. Even though I followed all the instructions from google, my site traffic actually declined nearly 70%. I hope this does not happen to you.
You need to analyze your site and the links were built together with your target keywords. There might be something wrong with it. It could be that your site got some penalty problems or the links you built has been devalued by Google or they were removed from the site. There are many factors to consider why your site's traffic is not that good. Hope this make sense!Â
Redirecting using a 301 is considered a good option where you completely move, but in 302 its considered a temporary redirection, which confuses Google. Don't go for 302, 301 is perfect.