Combining two sites into one

trom77 · 04-14-2010, 07:04 PM

Quick question for your IMers out there.

We have been promoting 2 sister sites that are very similar in nature. They offer similar services (marketing, SEO, etc.) and have a similar design and feel. Both of them currently have a PR of 3. It's getting to the point that they are competing with each other for ranking. We've decided to combine them into a single site in order to focus all our efforts into promoting one url.

Can anyone recommend the best way to do this? Should we create a delayed redirect, where they each say 'We've moved...' or should we just set up an immediate and permanent redirect? Is there any way to make sure the PR from both sites is carried over to the new one? I'd hate to lose all the backlinks we've done.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks all.

Ken Troyer · 04-14-2010, 08:31 PM

Hi trom77,

Just do a 301 redirect...and the PR will be transferred.

1. Locate or create a .htaccess file on your server.

2. If you don't have an .htaccess file on your server, you can easily create one using a text file. Name it ".htaccess"

3. If there is already an .htaccess file scroll down past the code that is already there and begin your new redirect instructions.

4. Put in your redirect information, which should look like this:
redirect 301 /old/old.html http://www.you.com/new.html

*Note: The first part "/old/old.html" is the location of the file being moved and the second part "http://www.you.com/old/old.html" is where the file is being moved.

5. Upload the file to your server.

That's it.

Ken

trom77 · 04-15-2010, 08:06 AM

Much thanks Ken. Theoretically, using this setup, would both pages PR of 3 eventually transfer to the new site?

marcdonovan · 04-15-2010, 08:25 AM

http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2003/10/...site-redirects

Try it and see what happens.

marcdonovan · 04-15-2010, 08:30 AM

Solving Google Page Rank problems with a 301Redirect

Ken Troyer · 04-15-2010, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trom77

Much thanks Ken. Theoretically, using this setup, would both pages PR of 3 eventually transfer to the new site?

Yes it will.

johnsander1 · 04-15-2010, 10:19 AM

Yes you only use 301 redirect.every thing will be fine.

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trom77 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Combining two sites into one - possible to save PR? Quick question for your IMers out there. We have been promoting 2 sister sites that are very similar in nature. They offer similar services (marketing, SEO, etc.) and have a similar design and feel. Both of them currently have a PR of 3. It's getting to the point that they are competing with each other for ranking. We've decided to combine them into a single site in order to focus all our efforts into promoting one url. Can anyone recommend the best way to do this? Should we create a delayed redirect, where they each say 'We've moved...' or should we just set up an immediate and permanent redirect? Is there any way to make sure the PR from both sites is carried over to the new one? I'd hate to lose all the backlinks we've done. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks all.

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Ken Troyer Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,107 Thanks: 15 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Re: Combining two sites into one - possible to save PR? Hi trom77, Just do a 301 redirect...and the PR will be transferred. 1. Locate or create a .htaccess file on your server. 2. If you don't have an .htaccess file on your server, you can easily create one using a text file. Name it ".htaccess" 3. If there is already an .htaccess file scroll down past the code that is already there and begin your new redirect instructions. 4. Put in your redirect information, which should look like this: redirect 301 /old/old.html http://www.you.com/new.html *Note: The first part "/old/old.html" is the location of the file being moved and the second part "http://www.you.com/old/old.html" is where the file is being moved. 5. Upload the file to your server. That's it. Ken
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