Comments on: Question: 2 URL’s - Same Content - best methods? http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sarah http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1248 sarah Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:42:55 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1248 Hi there Im the client, I just wanted to thank Jim and everyone that replied to this problem, you were a great help and Im going to print that article posted by Nick now and sort this out! Cheers Sarah Hi there
Im the client, I just wanted to thank Jim and everyone that replied to this problem, you were a great help and Im going to print that article posted by Nick now and sort this out!
Cheers
Sarah

]]> By: Nick Wilsdon http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1247 Nick Wilsdon Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:27:55 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1247 No problem Jim - I know you're happy to do the same. No problem Jim - I know you’re happy to do the same.

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1242 Jim Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:55:43 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1242 Thanks everyone - esp Nick! Nick, thanks for sharing your knowledge freely here! Thanks everyone - esp Nick!
Nick, thanks for sharing your knowledge freely here!

]]> By: Nick Wilsdon http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1241 Nick Wilsdon Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:27:15 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1241 Sorry Jim - the wife dragged me away from work for a while :) Yes domain masking would work (as Murugan writes) but that's more a solution tailored to the visitor than the search engines IMO. You would then have to put a robots.txt on the blablabla.com site to avoid the duplicate filter knocking the new greatbla.com out of the index (presuming the latter has less link popularity etc. but if it's one of your famous golden oldies Jim this could get very interesting!). I have a gut feeling though that a hand-brake stop like that would not be great in regard to the sandbox. I actually got pointed to an article Scottie wrote on this and I've been waiting to try it out myself. She suggests initially using a 302 and then moving over to a 301 at the final stage. http://www.highrankings.com/issue142.htm#guest I'd love to know how that went though ;) Sorry Jim - the wife dragged me away from work for a while :)

Yes domain masking would work (as Murugan writes) but that’s more a solution tailored to the visitor than the search engines IMO. You would then have to put a robots.txt on the blablabla.com site to avoid the duplicate filter knocking the new greatbla.com out of the index (presuming the latter has less link popularity etc. but if it’s one of your famous golden oldies Jim this could get very interesting!).

I have a gut feeling though that a hand-brake stop like that would not be great in regard to the sandbox.

I actually got pointed to an article Scottie wrote on this and I’ve been waiting to try it out myself. She suggests initially using a 302 and then moving over to a 301 at the final stage.

http://www.highrankings.com/issue142.htm#guest

I’d love to know how that went though ;)

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1236 Jim Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:59:10 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1236 Yea, I'm not a fan of doing the 301 on an existing website that currently ranks well. I've heard too many problems with time delays. Who trusts a 301 to seamlessly flow? Yea, I’m not a fan of doing the 301 on an existing website that currently ranks well. I’ve heard too many problems with time delays. Who trusts a 301 to seamlessly flow?

]]> By: kb http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1235 kb Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:23:56 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1235 I did a 301 from high ranking olddomain.com to newdomain.com last June and the site didn't crawl out of the sandbox until November. There was a big thread on WMW about 301 redirects and the sandbox late last year. Many people reporting having a similar experience. I did a 301 from high ranking olddomain.com to newdomain.com last June and the site didn’t crawl out of the sandbox until November.

There was a big thread on WMW about 301 redirects and the sandbox late last year. Many people reporting having a similar experience.

]]> By: Murugan Ranganathan http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1234 Murugan Ranganathan Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:09:24 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1234 domain forwarding with url masking will do good. domain forwarding with url masking will do good.

]]> By: Igor http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1233 Igor Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:49:12 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1233 I agree that 301 redirect is good idea, but that about the Sandbox? As far as I know the new domain will get sandboxes (at least according to my experience it happened 2 or 3 times when I tried out this way). Is there a way to avoid Sandbox while transferring a website? I agree that 301 redirect is good idea, but that about the Sandbox?

As far as I know the new domain will get sandboxes (at least according to my experience it happened 2 or 3 times when I tried out this way).

Is there a way to avoid Sandbox while transferring a website?

]]> By: alex http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1231 alex Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:23:05 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1231 The 301 will work fine. I only doubt with one thing, domain age, but i think 301 should redirect popularity and other values for SE algorythm The 301 will work fine. I only doubt with one thing, domain age, but i think 301 should redirect popularity and other values for SE algorythm

]]> By: Jon Henshaw http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1229 Jon Henshaw Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:50:37 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/question-2-urls-same-content-best-methods/#comment-1229 I'm 90% confident that you can do a 301 from the old higher ranking domain to the new one, and Google will adjust accordingly, without your SERPs for those keywords/pages lowering. However, this may be a question to throw on Matt Cutt's blog. He's pretty good at answering questions like that if he's not too busy. If it were me, I would simply do the 301, where it keeps the exact link and content, but switches out the domain with the new one. I’m 90% confident that you can do a 301 from the old higher ranking domain to the new one, and Google will adjust accordingly, without your SERPs for those keywords/pages lowering. However, this may be a question to throw on Matt Cutt’s blog. He’s pretty good at answering questions like that if he’s not too busy.

If it were me, I would simply do the 301, where it keeps the exact link and content, but switches out the domain with the new one.

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