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Best method of redirect for SEO?

by JackPowers
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Hey,

I need to move my blog to another domain, because of TOS rules in an affiliate program.

My question is: How do I move that blog and redirect the domain in the most efficient way for SEO?
#method #redirect #seo
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Just asking.....how does a new domain follow TOS?

    Do a 301 redirect. You can transfer all files over this way.
    Depending on your server, and whether you want to
    do it using htaccess, do some research on how to do it.
    Very simple, one or two lines of code.

    If the site has high PR, it will lost it over time. So you
    need to start rebuilding links.

    But again, I am not sure how changing domains now
    makes you "legal." The reason I ask, is because you still
    would be using both domains, old and new, technically.

    If the old domain violates something, wouldn't you need
    to actually shut it down completely? Doing a redirect is
    still using the old domain for traffic.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author JackPowers
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      Just asking.....how does a new domain follow TOS?

      Do a 301 redirect. You can transfer all files over this way.
      Depending on your server, and whether you want to
      do it using htaccess, do some research on how to do it.
      Very simple, one or two lines of code.

      If the site has high PR, it will lost it over time. So you
      need to start rebuilding links.

      But again, I am not sure how changing domains now
      makes you "legal." The reason I ask, is because you still
      would be using both domains, old and new, technically.

      If the old domain violates something, wouldn't you need
      to actually shut it down completely? Doing a redirect is
      still using the old domain for traffic.

      Paul
      They had an issue with keeping the domain AND content, so I just kept the domain.

      I did a 301 redirect, but I am unsure about how to redirect the homepage, since it's a Wordpress blog and doesn't have an index file as such.

      I've redirected all pages individually, but then for the home page I need to write: 301 Redirect http://olddomain.com http://newdomain.com, but wouldn't this actually cancel out the individual redirects?
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  • Profile picture of the author abelacts
    Ditto, use redirect 301.
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