[SEO Related] Redirect PR / Traffic From Established Site > New Site

[viruz99]

Hey Guys ,

I got a PR2 forum with ~450k indexed pages and ~ 6k visitors daily .

Kind of hit a small issue today and thinking of closing down the site and i want to divert the PR & traffic if possible to a new wordpress site which i started a few weeks ago .

What is the best option ??

1. Redirect the forum domain to the wordpress domain

2. Move the wordpress site to the forum domain

3. Other ( Please Mention Below )

 

[subha86]

1 st one is best for u.

 

[xTreme]

Redirect the forum domain to Wordpress domain , do not move wordpress site to forum domain as it will cause 404 error pages.

 

[viruz99]

In the first case , will all the other pages on the forum domain redirect to the new url as well or main domain only ?>

P.s : what's the best way to redirect the domain ?

 

[xTreme]

If you are using CPANEL , you can easily redirect a domain , there is an option available.

 

[viruz99]

Can i do it via the registrar ?

Will the domain PR + site rankings etc...in search engines be transferred to the new site ?

 

[Shahrukh]

Redirect the Blog to New Blog, its the Best! it will Always take time when Transferring but finally it will be resolved

 

[filescan]

Can i do it via the registrar ?

yes you can

Will the domain PR + site rankings etc...in search engines be transferred to the new site ?

it depends on many factor may be or may be not.

 

[viruz99]

This is what i did , create a .htaccess file with these lines :

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

It seems to be working fine , However having a problem with other links

like : http://www.forum1.com/tv/ndkndasdjsadsadas.html goes to http://www.wordpress1.com/tv/ndkndasdjsadsadas.html

which returns a 404 error , is it possible to redirect all pages to the main url : www.wordpress1.com

 

[Lifetalk]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mynewdomain.com [L]

^ That code is a wildcard 302 redirect to the root of the new domain. Any and all requests to your old domain/forum/directory will be redirected to the new domain.

 

[viruz99]

will this transfer the PR as well ?


Edit : will this work ?


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com [L]

 

[anantgupta]

Use, 302 redirect, that will be best option

 

[wojtek1988]

420k pages indexed and only 6k visits?
420k = 100%
6k = x
6kx100/420k, thats less than 1,5%, think about better seo :facepalm:
do redirect for all your pages to your new domain and pray that people will like your new site

 

[Rocke]

will this transfer the PR as well ?


Edit : will this work ?


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com [L]

transfer the PR = No
transfer the juice = Yes, but only with proper setting.

and that wont work, use this instead.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?olddomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com [L]