Question about changing domain name

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Hey Guys,

I was wondering if anyone can advise me on the most search engine friendly approach to moving a site to a new domain name.

Right now we have a website on
Code:
http://example.com
and we want to move it to
Code:
http://newsite.com
The original site is built in wordpress so I exported the DB and copied all the files to the new domain with the search engines blocked.

Now I'm trying to determine if forwarding old the domain from godaddy to the new domain is the best practice from an SEO stand point. My other option would be to add some kind of redirect code in the original site. I'm not sure which approach is safest. Our main concern is loosing our page rank and traffic to the site.

Any suggestions?
#changing #domain #question
  • Profile picture of the author w3method
    Nevermind, I discovered the best approach is a 301 redirect.

    Example

    Code:
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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