Does domain age pass with a 301 redirect?

Christian Fox · 09-30-2009, 07:56 PM

Helping a local business with a web site redesign.

Would like to move to a 3 word keyword loaded domain ( no hyphens )
Old domain has one word of the desired keyword and the new name has two words from the keyword in it.
Keyword: red blue widgets
Old domain: AdvanceWidgets
New Domain AdvanceBlueWidgets

It is my understanding PR and link juice will pass but what about the age factor?

The old domain is over 10 years old. I don't want to lose this benefit although Google has downplayed it's importance as of late per my knowledge. I believe Matt Cutts of Google released a video not too long ago stating that?

Input?

09-30-2009, 07:56 PM	#1
Christian Fox No Fate But What U Make! War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Jenison, MI Posts: 838 Thanks: 64 Thanked 34 Times in 29 Posts	Does domain age pass with a 301 redirect? Helping a local business with a web site redesign. Would like to move to a 3 word keyword loaded domain ( no hyphens ) Old domain has one word of the desired keyword and the new name has two words from the keyword in it. Keyword: red blue widgets Old domain: AdvanceWidgets New Domain AdvanceBlueWidgets It is my understanding PR and link juice will pass but what about the age factor? The old domain is over 10 years old. I don't want to lose this benefit although Google has downplayed it's importance as of late per my knowledge. I believe Matt Cutts of Google released a video not too long ago stating that? Input?