Sep
How Does Forwarding One Domain To Another Domain Affect SEO?
How does forwarding a domain affect search engine optimization (SEO)? I asked that same question a few months ago when decided to run a test and forward one of my keyword rich domains to my main website http://www.phlashwebsitedesign.com . A few years ago, I bought the domain http://www.web-design-new-orleans.com . I did the normal optimization to web-design-new-orleans by gaining backlinks etc… and my goal was to transfer the “link juice” to my main website. I did some research and found out that this was very possible and fairly simple to do. This is what needs to be done.
1. If you do not have one, create a htaccess file
2. Open the htaccess file and insert the following command:
RedirectMatch 301 (.*) http://www.phlashwebsitedesign.com (replace the URL with the domain you are forwarding to).
3. Save htaccess file
4. Upload htaccess file to the root of of the server you want to forward.
If you already have a htaccess file, just open it and add the above command then save and upload.
That’s it! You just forwarded a domain to another domain and transferred all the backlinks to one domain!
