Old domain has PR4 - Can I set up a redirect to new domain to keep PR?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by drgreen, Jun 4, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I'm in the process of setting up my new agency site and my old domain has a page rank of 4 whereas my new domain is unsurprisingly PR 0

    Is there a way for me to transfer this PR somehow to my new domain as I'm fully aware of the pitfalls of a simple redirect.

    Any gems of wisdom appreciated. :)

    DG
     
    drgreen, Jun 4, 2007 IP
  2. agnivo007

    agnivo007 Peon

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    When you're ready to redirect, add this to .htacces file at public_html of old site :

     
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  3. drgreen

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    Great, thanks for the advice :)
     
    drgreen, Jun 5, 2007 IP
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    301 redirect[as stated above by agnivo007] does that for you. However, PR tools may detect it as fake for some time unless your new domain has a new PR4 of itself:)
     
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  5. drgreen

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    I see, my new domain has PR 0 so would it be a bad idea using a 301 redirect then?

    Cheers, Dan
     
    drgreen, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  6. grandy

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    Dont think so. Permanent redirection would be useful when you are moving from one domain to another.
     
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  7. drgreen

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    hmmm, wonder if someone can help. When I uploaded the .htaccess file to my server using the code kindly provided by agnivo007 I got the following error below when I tried to access the site.

    Any ideas why that might have happened?

    Thanks in advance!


    Internal Server Error
    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
     
    drgreen, Jun 12, 2007 IP
  8. drgreen

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    A HA! Sussed it. It was down to me being dumb and using textpad instead of notepad. Schoolboy error I know!

    Redirect works a treat but my PR has not transferred over. Should be PR4 - currently 0

    Do I have to wait for Google to crawl the site? Guessing so...

    :)
     
    drgreen, Jun 13, 2007 IP
  9. drgreen

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    drgreen, Jun 14, 2007 IP