SEO value of 301 redirects from non-existent sites.

[RandyHT]

I have a question about an SEO tactic.  There is this site that has purchased three domain names, and has redirected them to their main site.  The three domains are: Spokaneduilawyer org, Spokaneduilaw com, and Spokaneduilawfirm com and the website has all three domains redirecting to their main site. What is the SEO value with this?  I looked at those three domains on Majestic and they have no backlinks that I could find, and when I looked on archive.org I didn't see any history of those domains being actual sites that might bring traffic.  What is the webmaster trying to do, and what is this tactic called?

[GastonRiera]

Hi RandyHT,

There is no SEO value in redirecting Exact Match Domains (EMD) to your current and primary domain.
A long time ago (3-4 years) it was a tactic that allegedly helped in rankings for the terms contained in the redirected domains.

I guessthat they are trying to secure those domains and don't let competitors have it.
Don't worry that much about it.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
Gaston

[RandyHT]

Thanks Gaston

[jasongmcmahon]

Waste of money, no SEO value at all

[RandyHT]

Thanks man