301 redirects bad for SEO?

[jscott]

I have an old site that changed domains a few years back, when i check SEO tools like ahrefs/semrush it shows how many sites linking to it via 301 redirects (sites are linking to old url).

Question, do you think this is bad for the SEO, not giving as much credit for the backlinks to my sites, or that 301 redirects pass along just as much SE power as it would to the new domain?

Thanks for any feedback.

[Major Tom Thanks Duke]

I had got a major penalty for a 302. Arrogant britt dev man. Thanos’d snapped both domains out of google

[jscott]

Shit that sucks Duke



Another question for the GFY SEO experts:

Migrating site from old url to new - good/bad for SEO?

If you have a successful site with great SEO on a certain domain, and acquired a much better & suitable domain , would you think it's worth it to migrate the site to the new domain? or do you think "if it's not broke, dont fix" and keep it on the older shitty domain?

[NoWhErE]

As with anything SEO or Trump related: it Depends.

Bad jokes aside, migrating a site isn’t bad for SEO, IF its done right.

If you’re migrating the site to a new domain but keeping all the pages + urls the same, thats easy. Make a 301 redirect that matches each url with the new one. This usually involves 1 or 2 lines in your htaccess.


If most of your urls are going to be dropped for pages where the content is changed, then you’ll want to redirect the old urls to relevant new URLs. This is a little more complex and time consuming.


If you’re going to kill the old site and 301 all of your old urls to the frontpage of your new site, then expect the rankings to drop on your old site and wait awhile for Google to re-evaluate your new site.

Buying old domains and redirecting them to your new site is an old blackhat technique, so Google can see it as spammy if done wrong or if done too often.




And finally: why the migration? If your old site is working well and doesn’t need changing, then leave it be unless there is a direct measurable financial advantage to doing it

[TheLegacy]

I really hate that word expert (so overused) - experienced maybe. I'm not sure if this is going to help at all so take it with a grain of salt based on my experience with webmasters and compnaies.

301 redirects bad for SEO? No. In fact, they are a common and useful tool for webmasters to manage URL changes, site migrations, or content consolidation - at the same time they will maintain search engine ranking

Migrating site from old url to new - good/bad for SEO? Yes and No depending on how it's done. It will make it better for users experience - also technical improvements. Possibly bad for broken links and redirects - loss of ranking -etc.

[Mr Pheer]

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

I really hate that word expert (so overused) - experienced maybe.

Experience is what creates experts.

[TheLegacy]

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

Experience is what creates experts.

The point being is that you are always learning.

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward". - Vernon Law

OR

Let me put it plainly - there are many self proclaimed "experts" out there who don't know what to do and at times I need to fix the problem. This happens in many fields from programming to design - they use the word "expert" so much that it's lost it's meaning now. So when someone calls out for an expert - that term is useless to me. So prefer to say experience since that is what truly matters.

[TeenCat]

thank you, nice info in here ... i really still love gfy ...

[AmeliaG]

I have seen some talk that the most recent Google update is less friendly to 301 redirects.

I hope this has been overstated.

[jscott]

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

I really hate that word expert (so overused) - experienced maybe.

Me too, when I asked help from the experts was sorta kidding, since many of us learned from various sources that can be winning or losing strategies, but if anyone with positive/winning strategies, would love the input or shared experiences

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

301 redirects bad for SEO? No. In fact, they are a common and useful tool for webmasters to manage URL changes, site migrations, or content consolidation - at the same time they will maintain search engine ranking

Migrating site from old url to new - good/bad for SEO? Yes and No depending on how it's done. It will make it better for users experience - also technical improvements. Possibly bad for broken links and redirects - loss of ranking -etc.

How exactly would you recommned migrating a site from old domain to new? 301 permanent redirect and anything else?

Thanks Rob.

[jscott]

Originally Posted by AmeliaG

I have seen some talk that the most recent Google update is less friendly to 301 redirects.

I hope this has been overstated.

Hey Amelia, if you can find that article/talk could you post the link to it please?

Thank you.