[QUESTION] For you SEO guru's and Domain Experts

[Rus Sells]

I was pondering a challenge I am facing in ranking for a certain keyword phrase.

The question is this...

Say I create a domain that has my targeted keyword phrase in it and put good quality content to match and build some back links, you know the whole seo thing.

THEN....

Once the site start ranking do a 301 redirect to the actual site I want people to arrive to.

Will this effect the ranking and seo power of the original site at all or would I be golden.

Any one who knows this it would be very helpful before I actually do all the work. lol

Thanks in Advance.

[Fraggler]

My experience: I had an EMD ranking #1 for its keyword. I got a C&D and had to change the site - but kept the domain name. I did a 301 to a new page on another domain. The ranking was never the same (2nd page) even after 12 months of the change being implemented.

Some others may have more experience they can share but I wouldn't expect a perfect switch-over.

[Rus Sells]

You kept the domain, but what about the content.

My idea is to keep the content on all the pages for domain I am targeting so it won't ever go anywhere and I'll still be able to add content to the site re-directing.

Originally Posted by Fraggler

My experience: I had an EMD ranking #1 for its keyword. I got a C&D and had to change the site - but kept the domain name. I did a 301 to a new page on another domain. The ranking was never the same (2nd page) even after 12 months of the change being implemented.

Some others may have more experience they can share but I wouldn't expect a perfect switch-over.

[vstar00]

Originally Posted by Rus Sells

I was pondering a challenge I am facing in ranking for a certain keyword phrase.

The question is this...

Say I create a domain that has my targeted keyword phrase in it and put good quality content to match and build some back links, you know the whole seo thing.

THEN....

Once the site start ranking do a 301 redirect to the actual site I want people to arrive to.

Will this effect the ranking and seo power of the original site at all or would I be golden.

Any one who knows this it would be very helpful before I actually do all the work. lol

Thanks in Advance.

this wont work.

Google will eventually re analyse your website and remove the 301 site from google.

While you will keep your backlinks, you will loose all the onsite elements such as the ranking from your domain and content.

All that happens is that the backlinks are passed onto the new site, and all the onsite calculations are then done on the new site.

[Rus Sells]

So essentially I loose the exact match power of the first domain then. ugg

Originally Posted by vstar00

this wont work.

Google will eventually re analyse your website and remove the 301 site from google.

While you will keep your backlinks, you will loose all the onsite elements such as the ranking from your domain and content.

All that happens is that the backlinks are passed onto the new site, and all the onsite calculations are then done on the new site.

[paulgl]

Originally Posted by Rus Sells

Once the site start ranking do a 301 redirect to the actual site I want people to arrive to.

That makes no sense. Why not start doing that with the site you want people to
go to in the first place? Everyone here knows I am not keen on any domain giving
a boost. Even some of the big boys here who tout that as something, readily
use theirname.com as a website. Why? Hmmmm. No matter.

Web pages are ranked. Not domains.

You should keep the site intact. And keep going with the SEO on the site.
Skip the proposed "new" one.

Paul

[Fraggler]

Originally Posted by Rus Sells

You kept the domain, but what about the content.

The content on the new domain/page (the whole site actually) was identical to the old domain.

An established site should outrank an EMD mini-site pretty easily and depending on the state of that site, it should rank just as fast too. EMD's are great for a quick boost but after that it is a level playing ground again.

A lot of these EMD mini-sites are doing well because they are competiting against sites that aren't actively targeting the keyword.