301 redirect Question

[TheHecksler]

Hi all,

I have a client who has a domain lets say www.xyz.de which is redirected 301 to www.zyx.de. Now they're working on a relaunch and they want to use the www.xyz.de as their origibnal doman after that. So, at the end the www.zyx.de - which is indexed by Google - should be redirected to www.xyz.de. It vice versa. So the redirect becomes the original and the original becomes the redirect

Is there anything we have to care off? Or will that run into the hell?

Thanx.

Seb.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

So, site 1 redirects to site 2 at the moment, and they want to relaunch with site 1 again? Well, there is no reason you can't do that - just remember to remove the redirect from site 1 to site 2 before swapping them about.

You will also want to tell Google about the change of URL with their Change of Address Tool. Remember to redirect internal pages too.

However, I can't say with any certainty, what will happen with search positions after this has been done. Google may have no problem with it, or there may be some movement while everything is being crawled again.

-Andy

[Bryan_Loconto]

I agree with Andy - Just make sure to remove the redirect from site 1 to site 2 before making the swap.

As for the sites existing rankings... who knows. All you can really do is hope for the best. Good luck