How To Redirect Without Loosing Rankings

Discussion in 'Google' started by NameWolf, May 10, 2007.

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    Hello Guys,

    I want to redirect my olddomain.com main page to newdomain.com but I want the inside pages of olddomain.com such as http://www.olddomain.com/directory/content.html to remain as it is. Basically I need to point the main page of my old site to my new site but I want the rest of the site to remain where it is. What is the best way to do this with minumum search engine rankings loss ?

    Thanks in advance for all your assistance.
     
    NameWolf, May 10, 2007 IP
  2. Scorpiono

    Scorpiono Well-Known Member

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    The most seo-friendly way is to use HTACCESS redirection, google about it, you'll find the information you are looking for. ;)
     
    Scorpiono, May 10, 2007 IP
  3. alemcherry

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    There are several ways to do it, but they all have to be 301 redirect. Easiest way is to add the following code to your homepage, if it is PHP.
    
	Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
	Header( "Location: http://www.yournewsite.com" );
	exit;
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    But we warned, pointing your homepage to another site will make your other pages to loose the PR slowly. This is natural, considering that most of your incoming links will be to the homepage and it doesnt link tot he inner pages any more. I would receommend you to revise your strategy, if possible.
     
    alemcherry, May 10, 2007 IP
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  4. NameWolf

    NameWolf Guest

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    Thank you for the comments guys.

    alemcherry, what do you think would be the best move to handle such a change then ?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    NameWolf, May 11, 2007 IP