.net has replaced our .com rankings - what the heck?

[crapshoot]

We have a www.domain.net that domain forwards to www.domain.com.

About 5 days ago, when searching for our brand term, I noticed that www.domain.net took the top position, and most of our www.domain.com rankings have dropped.  The www.domain.net is set to forward to www.domain.com.

Any ideas what could cause something like this to happen?

[Whittie]

Strange, assuming you weren't logged into google when checking?

Have you got analytics for the .net? Or is it simply fowarded?

[crapshoot]

No, it is simply forwarded.

Here is a little more info...

http://domain.net forwards to
http://www.domain.net

http://www.domain.net forwards to
http://www.domain.com

http://domain.com forwards to
http://www.domain.com

[crapshoot]

one other piece of information i've discovered...

it seems as though www.domain.net is set as 302 redirect to www.domain.com.

Could this be the issue?

[KeriMorgret]

That could be, as a 302 is a temporary redirect. You'll want a 301 there.

[crapshoot]

Thank you. I will change to 301 and see if that fixes the issue.

[KeriMorgret]

Did a 301 fix things?