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Backlink Question

by htd
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Sorry I originally posted in wrong section. Question, I recently shut one of my sites down to do work on it and I re-directed the traffic to another website I own. Does the shutting down of a site and re-directing it still retain its backlinks ? When I turn the site back on, will the links still be there ? thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author uflixdotnet
    Yes backlinks will still be there I done the same redirected for around 3 months and checked I still have all the backlinks I originally had before redirecting.
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    • Profile picture of the author htd
      Thanks Can I leave it in re-direct mode indefinitely ? Or do they go away at some point. Mine has been down around the same amount of time. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author uflixdotnet
    I wouldn't leave it for too long if you still plan on using it. The rank does drop quite a bit when you redirect for too long.

    In this situation I would not redirect tho. Just download all your files and folders sql tables etc and edit your site on localhost whilst still having the original available online. Once you have finished just upload. This way you will be %100 safe. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew S
    The links will still count, this is one of the reasons 301-chaining works.
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  • Profile picture of the author WebMeUp
    Yes, 301 redirect will definitely help in this case (just don't put it off for too long - the faster you redirect your old pages to the new ones, the better).

    Also, in order to gear up the process of redirecting, we advise you to submit your old domain sitemap to Google and Bing. This will make these engines crawl your old URLs, see that they have 301 redirects and change their index faster.

    Consequently, backlinks to the old pages will be redirected to the new ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author onlinemarketer23
    Originally Posted by htd View Post

    Sorry I originally posted in wrong section. Question, I recently shut one of my sites down to do work on it and I re-directed the traffic to another website I own. Does the shutting down of a site and re-directing it still retain its backlinks ? When I turn the site back on, will the links still be there ? thanks
    i think itll retain the backlinks...unless you have got the redirect all wrong...everything i should be working fine!! take care!!
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