Can 301 redirect of old domains help your sites ranking ?

Discussion in 'SEO' started by tom@totalodds, Aug 3, 2009.

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    Hi Guys,

    I was just watching an seo video clip online,the guy was saying that one of his tips is to buy old dropped or expired domains and set up a 301 redirect pointing to the site that he wants to increase ranking for, do any of you have expierence in doing this and if so does it have any effect or benefit for your sites ranking ?

    Regards
     
    tom@totalodds, Aug 3, 2009 IP
  2. dimitar christoff

    dimitar christoff Active Member

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    i recently did this and pointed an old domain (at PR1 and some 40-50 backlinks) via 301 to a new one. it shot the new one to a PR1 straight away (like 3-4 days after) but a few days later, PR dropped again to 0.

    I'd be curious to find out if there's any real merit in doing so, the client has about 3-4 more parked or old domains that I'd prefer to consolidate but I can't advise on it either way...
     
    dimitar christoff, Aug 4, 2009 IP