Forwarding a domain seems to be creating 10,720 backlinks according to majestic?

[jchoughton]

I have a site toptwincitiesrealtors.com that points to my main site mnpropertygroup.com when I look up my backlinks on majestic it says I have 10,720 coming from this toptwincitiesrealtors.com site.  should I stop pointing that site?  I have a low trust flow but high citation flow on my mnpropertygroup.com site and a 0 trust flow and 5 citation flow on my toptwincitiesrealtors.com site

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[OlegKorneitchouk]

Looks like you are redirecting toptwincitiesrealtors.com to your main site. This would pass along all backlinks to the main site. (Either that, or majestic is counting each redirected page on the old toptwincitiesrealtors.com site as a backlink).

In either case, where does toptwincitiesrealtors.com get its backlinks from? If its from other quality, niche relevant sites, having it redirect is fine.

[ThomasHarvey]

"or majestic is counting each redirected page on the old toptwincitiesrealtors.com site as a backlink"

That is what I would guess is happening, I believe the same happens in Google Search Console when you do the same thing.

[jchoughton]

just forwarding it through godaddy where I have it registered

[jchoughton]

Any harm in no longer forwarding this site and just using it as another site for lead gen?

[jchoughton]

Any harm in no longer forwarding this site and just using it as another site for lead gen?

[OlegKorneitchouk]

If toptwincitiesrealtors.com has a good authority/backlink profile, it will help mnpropertygroup.com rank.

If toptwincitiesrealtors.com is penalized, it may pass along that penalty.