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301 Redirect Experts

by AffiliatingAlan
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I have a site docked in my registrar here with higher pr and more links pointing to "www.domain.com/en" vs "www.domain.com".

When you install wordpress on cpanel they give you the option to install the homepage as a subfolder (or whatever its terminology is) so rather than "www.domain.com" you can have "www.domain.com/whatever"

Either way I suppose ill need to set up a redirect, but I am wondering the smartest option here when creating the wordpress?

Should I create it as "www.domain.com/en" and redirect the "www.domain.com" or vice versa? I am unsure if link juice is lost with 301's or how they work so if I had a choice id take the /en as its links are much stronger.
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  • Profile picture of the author Naeem Afzal
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    • Profile picture of the author AffiliatingAlan
      According to this video by Cutts PR is lost at the same rate as a link.


      For a fictitious number lets assume you lose 10% PR through a link

      So lets say the linking site = A
      My homepage (as "www.domain.com") = B
      The subfolder ("www.domain.com/en") = C


      A -> (-10% PR) -> B->301-> C

      Now does (B ->301-> C) count as an extra step aka another 10% loss? or does it essentially act as a loop with no extra step / no extra 10% loss?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I would use the domain.com & just do a 301 redirect of the old URL to the root. Keep it simple & forget about it.

    Doubtful you'll ever notice any PR drop.
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    • Profile picture of the author AffiliatingAlan
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I would use the domain.com & just do a 301 redirect of the old URL to the root. Keep it simple & forget about it.

      Doubtful you'll ever notice any PR drop.
      Would you create it as "www.domain.com" even if "www.domain.com/en" had a handful of pr 6 edu links at it?

      Ive even thought of building it up as 2 seperate pages but that seems a little odd.
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