i have 2 sites. one domain i purchased brand spanking new. the other, i had sitting for 1 yr with no content. Now, the new domain name is getting indexed nicely. However, the old domain that now has much more better content than the other, is not getting indexed at all. Can I move my sites content to a new domain? If google has my previous rss feed, they will know that it may seem duplicate. I am not sure about the old domain. What should I do?
also, the only difference between the 2 sites is that for the old domain, I submitted it to stumble upon and received a few hundred visitors. I do not have adsense on on either one. why google no index? =( both sites have been live for 3 weeks.
New domain name = new life all starts from scratch you lose all natural backlinks you lose all your directory listings you lose your reputation - NOT PR - professional reputation ( changing sites proves having no serious plan in life = hence no trustworthiness, incuding for future backlinks or business relationship ). make up your mind then stick to it for a full life time myself I strictly NEVER link to sites that have changed domain names, files or forders! for many many years.
A 301 redirect may penalize your site for sometime, but its not permanent. I have a site that I 301'd to a new domain some months ago, the new domain now has Google Site links and ranks #1 for it keyword.