Comments on: How to lose top rankings by redirecting a new domain name to your site http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tom http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/comment-page-1/#comment-7670 Tom Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:37:45 +0000 http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/?p=227#comment-7670 @Katie, creating a separate website, or mini-site, is a fine way to segment and communicate more directly with a subset of your target audience. But, I wouldn't host those mini-site's on the same IP address and I wouldn't expect much from building a "link wheel" with your mini-sites. If you are going for a competitive keyword phrase with your mini-site, having the keyword phrase in your domain name will only get you so far in the rankings. @Katie, creating a separate website, or mini-site, is a fine way to segment and communicate more directly with a subset of your target audience. But, I wouldn’t host those mini-site’s on the same IP address and I wouldn’t expect much from building a “link wheel” with your mini-sites.

If you are going for a competitive keyword phrase with your mini-site, having the keyword phrase in your domain name will only get you so far in the rankings.

]]> By: Katie http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/comment-page-1/#comment-7661 Katie Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:23:10 +0000 http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/?p=227#comment-7661 Question for the author - will it hurt my current website if I purchase another URL, add semi-new content to it, and link to my current site? For example, let's say an insurance agent has a page on his site dedicated to homeowners insurance. He buys homeownersinsurance.com, adds relevant content, and links to his current website's homeowner's insurance page. The content would be similar, but not an exact replica. Question for the author – will it hurt my current website if I purchase another URL, add semi-new content to it, and link to my current site?

For example, let’s say an insurance agent has a page on his site dedicated to homeowners insurance. He buys homeownersinsurance.com, adds relevant content, and links to his current website’s homeowner’s insurance page. The content would be similar, but not an exact replica.

]]> By: to domain name http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/comment-page-1/#comment-6083 to domain name Mon, 03 May 2010 08:44:06 +0000 http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/?p=227#comment-6083 <strong>hi guys...</strong> hi guysI would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well and i have start my own blog now, , thanks for your effort... hi guys…

hi guysI would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well and i have start my own blog now, , thanks for your effort…

]]> By: Marwan_Arafah http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/comment-page-1/#comment-3986 Marwan_Arafah Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:42:09 +0000 http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/?p=227#comment-3986 RT @tomshark: How to lose top rankings by redirecting a new domain name to your site >> http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/orga... RT @tomshark: How to lose top rankings by redirecting a new domain name to your site >> http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/orga...

]]> By: Matt Haff http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/organic-seo/redirect-new-domain-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Matt Haff Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:19:56 +0000 http://www.capturecommerce.com/blog/?p=227#comment-1921 Great post Tom. I had gone through this with my website, when I changed my business from matthaff.com to mindseyewebdesign.net I knew of the troubles that I would face if I didn't do it correctly. The steps that I took were a little harder but I think they definitely paid off. I bought the new domain name, launched a new website with it, and redirected matthaff.com to mindseyewebdesign.net for about 3-6 months. I also did a permanent redirect on all of the old pages to the new location. After I saw that Google had indexed it and everything was working fine, I launched a new portfolio site at www.matthaff.com and took down the redirect. Thanks to the steps I took, now both websites are very highly ranked under my target keywords "atlanta web design" and "atlanta website design". Great post Tom. I had gone through this with my website, when I changed my business from matthaff.com to mindseyewebdesign.net I knew of the troubles that I would face if I didn’t do it correctly. The steps that I took were a little harder but I think they definitely paid off.

I bought the new domain name, launched a new website with it, and redirected matthaff.com to mindseyewebdesign.net for about 3-6 months. I also did a permanent redirect on all of the old pages to the new location. After I saw that Google had indexed it and everything was working fine, I launched a new portfolio site at http://www.matthaff.com and took down the redirect.

Thanks to the steps I took, now both websites are very highly ranked under my target keywords “atlanta web design” and “atlanta website design”.

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