Transerring PR to a New Website Home Page

http://dealfiesta.com just obtained PR 4 after the very recent PR update. I would like to release a new version of it, but that would mean changing the home page to http://www.dealfiesta.com/index.php, a page with no PR.

Is there any way I can make it so the new site is PR 4 without waiting for the next update?

 

Use a 301 redirect. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-30,GGGL:en&q=301+redirect+.htaccess

This will transfer the PR.

 

yes, you can do a 301 but you still have to wait on the next update...

 

Thanks for the post.

Instead of doing a 301 redirect, I just deleted the index.html of the old website. The .htaccess created by Joomla for my new website automatically points dealfiesta.com to my new website. Now when you click "Home" on the old website it takes you to my new one.

Is this good enough for a seach engine?

 

yes. Its good enough.

 

Not unless it is a 301 redirect. Make sure it is or you will lose the PR.

 

Well, for some reason the 301 redirect isn't working. Below is an example of the code I'm using. I'm placing it at the end of my .htaccess file on a new line.

redirect 301 /links.html http://www.dealfiesta.com

Code (markup):

links.html is located in the same folder as my new website, by the way. The entire new website is in the same folder as the new website.

I think most or even all of my backlinks go to dealfiesta.com and not dealfiesta.com/index.html, so is it still that important to do a 301 redirect?

 

Not sure why you would want your links page redirected to your home page or why you would even want a links page for that matter lol

Anyways that isn't the right code. Search google for 301 redirect .htaccess and you should be able to find the right one.