Domain Aliases

[dencreative]

Hi there,

I've got two sites mysite.com and mysite.org

.org is indexed by google, .com doesnt seem to be.

.com is used for some material that is sent out, and accounts for about 20% of incoming visotors. (80% end up on .org)

Is there any positive or negative effect from this? Would I benefit from 301'ing the .com to .org?

[RebekahMay]

Just so I am understanding, both of these domains have different content - they are not duplicate at all?

It sounds like .org is your main site, and as such, is probably better optimized and has more quality content on it.

Are you sure the .com isn't indexed or is it just ranking very poorly?

As long as these are two completely different sites, I don't see any negative effects of this - but it certainly isn't helping you in anyway either.  If there is a way to just combine the information into one site that may be the best option.  Or if you have a lot of time, and can create unique content across each site, then optimize both

[dencreative]

They have exactly the same content - it's just an alias, using the same files. I'm pretty sure .com isn't indexed as if i specifically search for the domain, nothing still comes up.