Hi All, When you do a 301 redirect of an old domain to a new one, i know the backlinks of the old one eventually gets "passed over" to the new domain. Does the "age" of the old domain also get "passed over" to the new domain?
Probably no or yes(depending on conditions). A 301 redirect passes all the factors only for the links it forwards. If page X is redirected(301) to Page Y, then just page Y attains all factors of page X. For the domain containing page Y, it's just like gaining a backlink.
Thank you sydzapp. I am referring to "from domain to domain" Will domain Y(newer site) for example be aged as old as domain X(older site) with a 301 redirect from domain X to domain Y?
No, it's like gaining a backlink with all the previous backlink related to it. It's like gaining 1001 backlinks, if the Xpage had 1000 backlinks.
Absolutely NOT. Doing so would be stupid. What would they do if you redirected multiple domains? Which should they pick? Your domain's age is based on when you took possession of the domain and they discovered a site there (whichever is most recent). So if you registered a domain 5 years ago, but no site was present until 1 year ago... that domain isn't going to get credit for being 5 years old.
Thanks, social media and others, But you see, in this case both X and Y had sites in place from day 1 of the registration of the domains and actually, X is my former domain/site while Y is my current domain/site. By implication, what i am asking is will the 301 redirect i did, have reflected on Y( my current site), that i actually had been in the same business since the time of my earlier domain/site?