Should a 301 redirect work for this..

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by fabrini88, Mar 1, 2007.

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    The situation: I have 2 domains. Call them A and B
    A is the main one and untill a week ago used to rank very well
    B redirects to A (not 301 redirect, just a straight forward redirect)

    Now google is ranking domain B and ditched domain A (I guess thinking they are the same) and that is costing me tons of traffic.

    So if I put a 301 permanent redirect from B to A, would google start showing A again?

    thanks for your advise.
     
    fabrini88, Mar 1, 2007 IP
  2. tfbpa

    tfbpa The....Alive

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    Yes.

    But can you explain what you mean by a straight forward redirect?

    You can check it here, http://gsitecrawler.com/tools/server-status.aspx
     
    tfbpa, Mar 1, 2007 IP
  3. GULLIVER

    GULLIVER Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it will, but it might take som etime.

    tfbpa
    I think, he means pointer, or smth like that
     
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    NetMidWest Peon

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    If you do not specify 'permanent' or '301', it defaults to 302.
    Which means the site hijacked itself...
     
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  5. fabrini88

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    Thanks guys.

    I used javascript:
    window.location.href='http://www.A.com/';

    So I think domain B hijacked domain A.

    I just put the 301 redirect and checked it with: http://gsitecrawler.com/tools/server-status.aspx

    Hope Google shows my main site soon!
     
    fabrini88, Mar 1, 2007 IP