301 redirects of older domain - SEO

[sonnyd]

Question for you guys:

I've read a bit about buying old domain names, developing them for a bit and then 301'ing them to a new domain with a name you want. I realize that there are some that think this works and some that think it doesn't. For the purpose of my question, I am assuming that 301'ing actually works to transfer the weight of the age/rank/whatever of the older domain to the newer domain.

My question: I have already started a 3 month old site that is clearly sandboxed from my desired search terms. I intend the site to be a long-term site. I already have a number of backlinks to my new site and several pages have been indexed. Is it too late to use the 301 strategy?

[Dennis Gaskill]

301 redirects are temporary, 302 redirects are permanent. A permanent redirect would be the one I would think would transfer any juice, if indeed any juice does get passed. I doubt if this scheme would make any more than a temporary bump, if that. A site's relevance can change each time the bots come around to reindex. They're going to rank your site according to what it is, not what it was.

This isn't something I've tested though, so I could be wrong. I'm basing my answer on nothing but my own logic, and logic doesn't always prevail.

[CMartin]

Dennis,

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

301 redirects are temporary, 302 redirects are permanent.

Let me correct your involuntary mistake

301 - Permanent
302 - Temporary

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BTW, this thread should have been posted in the SEO section.

Carlos

[Dennis Gaskill]

Thanks Carlos. Guess I should really start verifying information that I once knew and never used, rather than relying on an apparent faulty memory.

[arnoldsmithh]

Just redirect your site to new domain so you all backlinks will convert automatically .