301 redirect not working

[Eavesy]

I setup a wordpress blog about 6 months ago called Infographic Directory on this URL:

http://infographicdirectory.wordpress.com

and less then a week after I set it up I was #1 on Google for infographic directory and my posts were ranking reasonably well.

Because the blog was quite successful and got nearly quarter of a million visitors in the first few months I decided to take it a bit more seriously and purchased a proper domain name:

http://infographic-directory.com

I set up a proper 301 redirect about 6 weeks ago but my rankings are still terrible - worst then ever. I am getting outranked on Google for infographic directory by my Crunchbase.com listing for the blog name: infographic directory and my blog posts are not showing up in the rankings at all.

Should I just be patient or do you think I might have been hit with a penalty or something?

[anthonydnelson]

When I search for infographic directory, I show your new site at #2 and #3 for the term.

Your 301 redirect is working correctly.

I would change the links that you do control to your new URL. Such as the Crunchbase listing that is currently outranking you for #1.

Make sure your sitemaps are updated.

Consider doing some basic WP SEO and NoIndex your tag pages. You currently have 188 tag pages indexed, which is a bit excessive.

Then, I would give it more time.

[hellemans]

I would contact the linking pages to change the link to the new URL... That speeds up the process.