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    • raylau
      raylau last edited by

      My company will undergo a domain change in the next few months. Other than implementing 301 redirects, what else can I do to help the search engines realize the site has moved? What kind of impact on rankings can I expect to see? Thanks in advance!

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      • mosaicpro
        mosaicpro last edited by

        apart from domain 301 which is usual. You can redirect  page by page   domain-a.com/pagename  to domain-b.com/pagename

        This would help those pages get listed within 1 day. Did it yesterday and today i got 38 links on the new site. I did however tweet and add the new domain on twitter.

        Hope this helps.

        FACT:

        Personally i moved a shop with 2000 pages indexed ... yesterday and today i have 38 pages already indexed

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        • mosaicpro
          mosaicpro last edited by

          Also as i moved the domain i learned it takes between 1-3 months for the new domain to receive all the value from google.

          Also did not mention of course a must is the Google webmaster move domain.

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          • raylau
            raylau @mosaicpro last edited by

            what do you mean by "Google webmaster move domain"?

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            • mosaicpro
              mosaicpro @raylau last edited by

              http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=83105

              Check this ->

              Use the Change of Address tool in Webmaster Tools to notify Google of your site's move. (Note: To use the Change of Address tool, you must be a verified owner of both the new and the old sites.)

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