SEO Implications of Domain name change and 301 redirects

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sgorman, Sep 13, 2006.

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    My empoyer has a site with a domain name that implies that the business is more restricted than it actually is.

    As a marketing exercise, the business has decided that it would be better if we were to change the domain name. This means the creation of a new site with our old content and a 301 redirect to the new domain name from the old one.

    Is there anything that I should be worrying about? If we set up an .htaccess file pointing to the new domain, this should allow all current links to work while we get them changed - right?
    What might be the SEO implications of this change? How can I ensure that the site doesn't lose too many places in the SERPs?
    How long can I expect before the SEs identify and catalog this change?

    And many other question.
    All help gratefully received.
    :D
     
    sgorman, Sep 13, 2006 IP