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A question about traffic...

by MarcoYandun
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Hello folks,

This one is for those guys and gals who know about traffic. Could you please help me? Got a traffic question:

I had a website which had a good traffic with a domain xxxxxx.com:

1. If I create a new website and use the same domain name, will I still have the same traffic?
2. If I create the new website using a new domain yyyyyy.com, and forward xxxxxx.com to yyyyyy.com, doing that will keep the traffic as well?

Thank you very much for your help,
Marco
#question #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author webmarke
    Just think as your domain the same way you think as your home address.

    If you demolish your old home and build a new one, your mail will still arrive at your new home because it's at the same address as your old home.

    Now...If you move to a new home and forward your mail to your new address..it will arrive at your new address because you had the post office forward it there.

    So..yes! Either method will work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Burritt
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    In the short run yes, but I have my doubts about the links staying ranked in the search engines. At some point you're gonna want to rank links specifically for your new site.

    Alternatively, if you take your old site down, you can probably transfer all the content to the new site and reindex it. But I'd check with a real seo specialist for advice here. I've never done this with an established site with significant traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author MarcoYandun
      Originally Posted by Jeff Burritt View Post

      In the short run yes, but I have my doubts about the links staying ranked in the search engines. At some point you're gonna want to rank links specifically for your new site.

      Alternatively, if you take your old site down, you can probably transfer all the content to the new site and reindex it. But I'd check with a real seo specialist for advice here. I've never done this with an established site with significant traffic.
      Actually transferring the contents of the old site is not an option because it already has been lost... the question here is if I create a new website and use the old domain is better than creating the new website using the new domain and adding a redirection from the old domain to the new one, regarding on the traffic I was having before... or maybe because it is a new website, the traffic I used to have will be lost anyway...

      Thanks,
      Marco
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Burritt
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    Ok, if you like the old domain name, then I would just recreate the old site. Forget the new name.

    If however, you like the new domain name better (which is what I'm guessing), then I would use the new domain, create the site, and forward the old domain to the new site.

    Then, you edit 301 redirects on the old site.
    The Ultimate How-To Guide on 301 Redirects for Apache

    If you using wordpress, I recommend Yoast premium on your new site. They have a free version, but the premium version has a redirect manager.
    https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/
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  • Profile picture of the author EPoltrack77
    The simple question I have to ask is where is the existing website? Did you sell it of flippa and take the girl out to dinner?

    I take it also make assume that your speaking about organic traffic? The SERPS!

    Real fast.... Sure why not! In fact now that you know more you will do better and get possibly get even more, more traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author aizaku
    Originally Posted by MarcoYandun View Post

    2. If I create the new website using a new domain yyyyyy.com, and forward xxxxxx.com to yyyyyy.com, doing that will keep the traffic as well?
    Yup, you will retain your traffic.

    I did this myself and the traffic remained the the same.

    ... just make sure everything redirects properly.

    Pay your hosting company to do it..
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  • Profile picture of the author vovanfree
    Google works in a particular way, when you build a new website, better than the one before, even if all of your content match the old site, you will still experience google dance for some time. I have a great example in mind - seomez.com moved to moz.com and they lost traffic and ranking for about 3 months, everything came back and even improved afterwards. In my experience, any and every redesign leads to google dance. A lot depends on what kind of site you build (is it better than the one before?), how user friendly it is, accuracy and correctness then this process can be straightforward and simple. There is no difference which domain you use (old domain or a new one with 301 redirect). Pages wil be indexed again with 301 redirect.
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