301 redirect for entire domain?

by DavidO
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Can I use 301 redirect to switch an entire site with dozens of pages to a new domain without any loss in rankings and other SEO attributes?
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  • Profile picture of the author ARVolund
    I believe you can use a wildcard redirect. For it to work the pages need to be setup in the exact same way on the new domain. Same names, same site structure or it will not work.
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    • Profile picture of the author DavidO
      Thanks, ARVolund. I'll research the wildcard redirect. The page urls will remain the same but of course the root domain and directory will be different.
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      • Profile picture of the author ARVolund
        Been awhile since I used it but I am almost positive that the structure has to be exactly the same so if you are using a different directory name you just have to include that in the redirect and it should work. You can set it up manually with a .htaccess file or if you have cpanel you can use the redirect tool that is included.

        Originally Posted by DavidO View Post

        Thanks, ARVolund. I'll research the wildcard redirect. The page urls will remain the same but of course the root domain and directory will be different.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nemanja
    Yes, you will have all the backlinks pointing to new doman, as for rankings it depends on your new site.

    Now you don't need to have exact the same structure, that is the whole point behind the .htaccess redirect on the unix, if .htaccess is written right then you can have the structure on your new site what ever you want. But would be much easier to just redirect the whole site offcourse.

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