There is a site in my niche which has been abandoned by its old webmaster. There is quite a bit of good content on there, and I have the option to buy the site. There is also still some traffic going to the site. I would somehow like to integrate this site into my current site which consists of only forums. The site I would buy is an aged domain with a PR of 5. My current site is a PR 3. There must be some way to buy this site, and use it to my benefit. I am thinking this is one thing I can do: Expand my site into more than just forums, using content from the site I buy. I would keep my own domain, and forward the domain I buy to my current site. How can I successfully combine my forums, and their content site into one, but still keep my current rankings in the search engines for my forums?
First don't point the newly bought domain to your forums . It's not the domain that is ranking but the content which is linked hosted on that domain . What you can do is buy the site and add a link to this site mentioning your forum and benefits , informing this site's visitors of your forum . Then on forums provide this site as a resource to your visitors. regards jeet