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301 redirect with aged domain

by blizzstorm
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just got an aged domain, planning to 301 to my new site.

couple questions

1) should i use my domains provider "domain forwarding" to do the 301 or use a .htaccess file to do it?

2)if the aged site has pr 2, does it help in anyway after i 301 to the new site or will the pr just reset after google find the aged site which was redirected

3) if i 301 straight after i get the domain, and since the aged domain was parked previously, will google be able to find the aged domain and pass the aged factor to the new domain or should i add a few backlinks to the aged domain to help google find it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bambu
    1) 301 redirect using htaccess.
    2) The PR should pass to the 301 target.
    3) If the domain is already indexed, then just go ahead and 301 redirect it. If it isn't throw some relevant content on the domain and get it indexed and then 301 redirect.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author namesbeyond
    Originally Posted by blizzstorm View Post

    just got an aged domain, planning to 301 to my new site.

    couple questions

    1) should i use my domains provider "domain forwarding" to do the 301 or use a .htaccess file to do it?

    2)if the aged site has pr 2, does it help in anyway after i 301 to the new site or will the pr just reset after google find the aged site which was redirected

    3) if i 301 straight after i get the domain, and since the aged domain was parked previously, will google be able to find the aged domain and pass the aged factor to the new domain or should i add a few backlinks to the aged domain to help google find it?
    1. use .htaccess for 301 redirect
    2. put some quality content in your aged domain and build some quality back links for redirect.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheContentAuthority
    Blizzstorm,

    Per the other members, 301 redirecting your site will be the best approach because typically hosting providers just forward a domain without using the 301 redirect code.

    I’m afraid if the domain has been parked for a long time, this strategy is pretty much worthless. The age of a domain is one factor among many that Google uses to assign PR. If there was no content on the domain and it was parked for a long time, you would do just as well to build content on that domain and not worry about redirecting it to the other domain you have.

    Even if the domain had some PR built up, it will not all pass through the 301. In fact, 301’s pass the same amount of authority that a regular link does and that authority dissipates from page to page. I have experience moving a site to a new domain and once redirects were applied and the dust settled, only about 30% of the PR passed to the new domain.

    More on that here,

    Google: 301 Redirects & Links Pass Equal Link Juice

    Best,

    Shawn
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    • Profile picture of the author blizzstorm
      Thanks for all the input guys.

      PR aside, i have a aged 11 yr old domain which i created some content,got google index it and 301 to my 1 month old site. How long after should i say will google consider my 1 month old site as a more authoritative/aged site so i can build links more aggressively?

      pardon me if i am still doing it wrong
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Originally Posted by blizzstorm View Post


    1) should i use my domains provider "domain forwarding" to do the 301 or use a .htaccess file to do it?
    No difference. They both do the same thing.

    2)if the aged site has pr 2, does it help in anyway after i 301 to the new site or will the pr just reset after google find the aged site which was redirected.
    It will help if the aged site has an existing backlink profile.

    3) if i 301 straight after i get the domain, and since the aged domain was parked previously, will google be able to find the aged domain and pass the aged factor to the new domain or should i add a few backlinks to the aged domain to help google find it?
    Doing a 301 redirect won't pass any of the "age". It will pass on some link juice though.
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  • Profile picture of the author blizzstorm
    so that would be the question as there are many differing answers out there regarding if an aged website will pass it "aged" status to the new website. But since if you are operating a site for many years and want to change to a new domain name, shouldnt google treat your new site as the old one since they also recommended using 301 redirects to change to a new domain?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by namesbeyond View Post

      2. put some quality content in your aged domain

      That is a complete waste of time. If you are going to redirect it, there is no point in putting content on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    I agree with you, you should work on both domains, create sites on both domains so that both would give you earning, they would be indexed in Google, would send traffic etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author danielph
    Why you don't want to use both websites? This means you earn 2 times more!
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