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Changing Domains

by C A Perez
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I have a non-keyword domain with 7 articles posted. I acquired a keyword domain that covers the same subject.

The non-keyword domain is not ranked and only two months old.

I want to switch to the keyword domain, transfer the 7 posts from the non-keyword domain to the new keyword domain and redirect the non-keyword domain to the new keyword domain. I will add new content to the new keyword domain and since there are only 5-6 articles pointing to the non-keyword domain, I will edit them to point to the new keyword domain.

Is this transfer transparent enough that the search engines will not notice or at least not care that I have moved the content to a new site? Is there a down side, SEO or otherwise in doing this?

Carlos
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    That's not the proper way to do it...

    By mentioning "posts" I assume you are talking about a WP powered site.

    Move the whole thing to the new domain. Delete everything from the old domain and put up a .htaccess file that permanently redirects every incoming request.
    If you keep the permalink structure the same, the .htaccess method will redirect even requests for the individual posts.
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    • Profile picture of the author C A Perez
      Istvan, thank you for your prompt reply.

      Yes, it is a WP site. Unfortunately, I know nothing about an .htaccess file. I will research it on the internet to find out more.

      I know how to do a permanent redirect of the domain from my cpanel. After deleting the posts on the old domain and keeping the permalinks,'/%postname%/', the same in the old domain and in the new domain, will that not accomplish the same thing?

      thanks
      Carlos



      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      That's not the proper way to do it...

      By mentioning "posts" I assume you are talking about a WP powered site.

      Move the whole thing to the new domain. Delete everything from the old domain and put up a .htaccess file that permanently redirects every incoming request.
      If you keep the permalink structure the same, the .htaccess method will redirect even requests for the individual posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author highrank
    As long as you use a 301 Re-direct (Permanent) then you wan't lose any search rankings.

    If you have the same url structure in the new domain use a wildcard re-direct so that your articles don't lose any rank e.g.

    www.olddomain.com/article

    will re-direct to

    www.newdomain.com/article

    This is easy to do in cPanel (PM me if you need help)

    Otherwise the redirect will just cause an error 404.

    Be warned: Any re-directs mean that you will lose your page rank, if you have one
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    • Profile picture of the author C A Perez
      Highrank, thanks for your reply. I know how to do a permanent redirect form my c-panel. I don't know what you mean by a wildcard redirect. And, yes, the URL stricture would be the same: www.olddomain.com//%postname%/ and www.newdomain.com//%postname%/

      thanks,
      Carlos



      Originally Posted by highrank View Post

      As long as you use a 301 Re-direct (Permanent) then you wan't lose any search rankings.

      If you have the same url structure in the new domain use a wildcard re-direct so that your articles don't lose any rank e.g.

      www.olddomain.com/article

      will re-direct to

      www.newdomain.com/article

      This is easy to do in cPanel (PM me if you need help)

      Otherwise the redirect will just cause an error 404.

      Be warned: Any re-directs mean that you will lose your page rank, if you have one
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Never tried from cPanel... maybe the poster above knows the answer.

    Edit. Redirecting web pages in cPanel
    see the second to last paragraph, LOL: it looks like cPanel will do it for you what I was suggesting to do manually. (Yeah, I never trust scripts...)

    EDIT 2. For future reference: I found that website by putting this in Google - wildcard redirect domain cpanel
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    • Profile picture of the author C A Perez
      Thanks, Istvan

      I will check it out.

      Carlos
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    • Profile picture of the author C A Perez
      Highrank,

      Istavan's link in his previous post answers my question about the wildcard redirect. Thanks to the both of you for your help.

      Carlos
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