I have a new homepage design that I want to redirect to, but do not want to lose my rankings for the homepage. How can I do this? The new homepage is more of a landing page. Please advise
Why not just use your new page as the index page? Or try a 301 using htaccess: http://www.google.com/search?q=htaccess+301
No. Iframe is not recommended. Use a 301 redirect and paste the code in your .htaccess. The code works like that: redirect 301 /index.htm http://www.yourwebsite.com/anything.xxxx Code (markup): It is very easy to use and SEO friendly, so don't try any other method for it.
A simple piece of meta equiv refresh Here, 0 has been used as time gap for redirection. You may use any number, It refers to seconds. Replace yourpage(.)com
Correct me if I am wrong, but this is not recommended and not SEO friendly, you may get blacklisted by using this method of redirection. 301 redirect is the real solution I have told you and is suggested by Google itself to the webmasters.
Mighe be, I just provided an alternative. Can you show me an article where it is written that meta redirect is not url friendly? it is used by domain providers such as name.com as well
seobook.com/archives/000297.shtml It clearly tells you how both are different and how 301 redirect is better.