Moving Old Site to New
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Dear SEO Gurus,
I have been working on #2 site for a couple of months and I think it is a good idea to redirect #1 (old site) to #2 (new site) below, yes? What is the most effective way of doing this? Do I have to 301 Redirect one page from the old site to a relevant page on the new site and do this for every page.... or can I do a 301 redirect for the whole old site to the new site?
Thank you for your time in advance for helping me out!
Sheryl
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| 1 | Gazpachos - Restaurnte Y Cantina
http://www.gazpachorestaurant.com/ |
| 2 | Gazpacho's Restaurant
http://www.restaurantsdurango.com/ |Page Authority
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Page Linking Root Domains
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Domain Authority
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Root Domain Linking Root Domains
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| 42 |
36 | 30 | 37 |
| 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -
You really should redirect every page to a page thats similar that way you dont lose any existing rankings
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You can use this script, it will redirect all pages on the old domain to a new page in the new domain. this works is you are going to keep the same site structure and not change URLs. If you do change URLs then i would suggest to 301 each old page to a new corresponding page on The new domain.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain.com [nc]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.olddomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Redirect 301 / http://www.newdomain.com/
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You should also inform Google of your change of address via Google Webmaster Tools.