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annedwithan
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Posted: 2006-Sep-26 15:49
Need some advice regarding best way to redirect users without adversely affecting our search engine results. (Apologies for the long post but this needs a clear explanation). Our client has for some time had three main domains that each pointed to specialised websites promoting the products he sells. These are:
1.Domain A: Firesuits, Firefighting Clothing etc.
2.Domain B: Anti-slip and floor safety products.
3.Domain C: Domestic Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
However, the client has got us to design a brand new website that covers ALL of the above products. The new site gives the benefit of a consistent corporate image, whilst also offering possibilities of cross-selling (as his visitors looking for one area of his business may also be interested in his other product ranges).
However, we want to ensure that the 3 main domain URLs will still work, and that visitors browsing from links on search results will still be redirected to the appropriate section of the new site. We can cover links to obsolete pages with 404 error pages. But how can we ensure people get to the appropriate section of the new site, but still maintain the high search engine ranking we currently enjoy with the 3 domains? We propose that…..
1. www.domainA will still link to home page of that site.
2. www.domainB redirects to www.domainA/flooring.htm
3. www.domainC redirects to www.domainA/sprinklers.htm
Our dilemma is deciding whether we should:
A) Duplicate the full site under each of the 3 domains, and just change the home page of items 2 & 3 so that they go straight into the appropriate section page?
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B) Only publish the site at www.domainA and for items 2 & 3 replace the index page under domains B & C with a page containing an embedded 301 “page moved permanently” redirect to the appropriate section page of the Domain A site?
From a search engine viewpoint our concern with option A is that search engines may ban some of the URLs under their duplicate content rules. On the other hand, if we choose option B, our concern is that because everything would then be under one main domain, we could lose any previous benefits of having 3 totally different sites (with their own unique domains) listed separately in search results.
So which is the best option, or are there any better solutions that we should consider?
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bhartzer
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Joined: Jun 08, 2000
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Posted: 2006-Sep-26 17:22
Since you're moving everything to a new domain, the content on the old domain (the old URLs) should redirect with a 301 Permanent Redirect to the new location where that content is located.
So, if you had flooring content on the old domain then that content should redirect to wherever the flooring content is located on the new domain.
It's better to be more specific with your redirects rather than having a blanket redirect that covers the whole entire domain. So, domain B and C shouldn't redirect to the domain A home page, it's better to redirect certain pages of domain b and c to the same content on domain A.
After a period of time (say, 6 months or so) you could then redirect all of domains b and c to domain A. But, to keep rankings and any visitors it's better to be more specific.
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SportsGuy
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Joined: Aug 30, 2002
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Posted: 2006-Sep-26 17:22
To cover it all I'd manually 301 each page from B & C to it's counterpart on A.
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g1smd
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Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 2006-Sep-26 19:58
The new domain is treated as a brand new site, and will take a long time to rank.
If you can re-use one of the existing domains, that would be much better I think.
All the other domains need the 301 redirect on them, otherwise there will be trouble.
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