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Re-directs

by seamy82
6 replies
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Hi All,

I have a website that was hit pretty hard by google which I want to redirect to my new website. It still gets some followers. How do I do this without harming my new website in terms of seo. Is Google OK about redirects. I don't even want the backlinks from this website, I just want to redirect customers to my new site. What do you think?

Cheers
#backlinks #follow #redirects
  • Profile picture of the author camay123
    Search for 301 redirects, you will find what you need.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mkj
      I have been using this code for ages on lots of domain to redirect to a new one:

      Code:
      #start .htaccess code

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://new domain ur here/$1 [R=301,L]
      Never had any problems with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author seamy82
    This is a page which has a penalty. I am pretty sure the re-direct will pass the penalty. I might put in huge banner saying this page has moved and place a no-follow link to my new website.
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  • Profile picture of the author seamy82
    302 redirect is not meant to be a permanent redirect, so google may eventually penalize me for having it permanently.
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  • Profile picture of the author pinakin
    Well, redirecting a domain is not at all advisable, If I get any penalty on my site I first try to find out the mistake and then try to correct my mistake, then I submit it for the reconsideration.

    Link for reconsideration : https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/reconsideration

    If you still want help regarding 301 redirect here is the link.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheContentAuthority
    Seamy82,

    You can redirect using an expression in your .htaccess file. A 301 redirect is what you should use as this signals to the search engines that the site has permanently moved.

    That being said, if your old site has experienced penalties, redirecting it to a new domain is the last thing you want to do. You want to not associate the new domain with the old one in any way. By redirecting to your new domain from one that was penalized, you are essentially doing the same thing to the new domain.

    If you absolutely must redirect, I would suggest doing a manual redirect where you create a page that users land on and they must manually click a link to get directed to your new domain. In this way, your old domain is not passing bad link juice to your new domain. Eventually when you start ranking the new domain you can remove the manual redirect. If you just redirect using .htaccess right off the bat, you will wind up in the same boat you are in now.

    This thread on SEOMoz gives some good information,

    Redirecting a penalized domain to a new one to remove penalty? | SEOmoz Q&A

    Hope that helps,

    Shawn
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