Will 301 affect my present Google ranking

[wallacep]

Hello ,

I am in a fix right now. I have a website which is ranking well for many keywords in search engines.I am redirecting all my pages and blogs to new website with new domain name for better user experience and will be adding more content to new website. If i redirect all pages and posts from present website to new website will it affect my present rankings. What can be the possible effects that my present website will have. I need to fix this as soon as possible. I want to redirect so please tell me what best should be done as well.

Thanks

[Vijay-Gaur]

Hi There,

I can understand, such situation can be confusing at times.

You can understand all the details about 301 redirects on this post and further comments in the discussion. https://moz.com/blog/301-redirection-rules-for-seo

Please feel free to respond if you still have questions about the same.

Regards,

Vijay

[Chris_Hickman]

Hi Wallace, You should not be so concerned about going ahead with the 301 redirects. While you will see a temporary drop in traffic, your new website will be indexed quickly and should take over your search rankings.

Google webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes recently confirmed that 301 redirects will not cause a loss in PageRank or page authority. The backlinks you have acquired for your old domain name will still benefit your new domain name if the proper 301 redirects are kept in place.

There may be other issues that could affect your rankings such as switching to a new web design or changing your title tags. If you keep everything consistent I believe you should not have any major loss in Google rankings. Best of luck.

[LoganRay]

First of all, a quick question: How is a new domain going to influence user experience? Couldn't you redesign the website and keep the current domain?

Domain's build up a track record with search engines, historical data is factored in. So yes, you will see a significant impact to your organic traffic. Anytime there is a brand new domain in the picture, you're essentially starting at ground zero. 301 redirects will pass traffic and authority eventually, and as per Gary Ilyes do not lose PageRank anymore. BUT, that doesn't mean you should add a bunch of redirects without a really good reason.

I strongly recommend you reconsider switching domain names and simply redesign the domain you've already got.