Hi guys, i have question..
Let’s say example, I have blog with domain a.com and then I want to move it to domain b.com

Do I need to delete articles in domain a.com first and then move the articles to b.com?

Should I leave domain a.com still in my Google webmaster tools? Or just deleted it?

i already read the guide and still confusing me. can anyone pls explain it with the details and example maybe? thank you so much

Do I need to delete articles in domain a.com first and then move the articles to b.com?

If you want to do that, sure. Just put the redirect in place first.

Should I leave domain a.com still in my Google webmaster tools? Or just deleted it?

Remove it once the redirect has taken full effect and no requests are being made to it.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

If you want to do that, sure. Just put the redirect in place first.
Remove it once the redirect has taken full effect and no requests are being made to it.

here my problem.
i moved articles from my blog juvu.net to domain richarie.info
and then i delete the juvu net after submit redirect.


how do i know if redirect has taken full effect?
how long usually it takes?

How is the redirect applied on juvu.nev?

Originally Posted by chrishirst

How is the redirect applied on juvu.nev?

i already delete it from my webmaster tools

what has webmaster tools got to do with it?

Originally Posted by chrishirst

what has webmaster tools got to do with it?

i dont know...what im suppose to do now?

Will this URL index help to tell that my redirect already accomplish?

A real 301 redirect, one that redirects real users and search engines alike.

is there any other way to see that the redirect has taken full effect or not?

Check your site logs, see if any requests are being made to the 'old' URIs.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Check your site logs, see if any requests are being made to the 'old' URIs.

how to check site logs?

That would more than likely depend on what control panel your hosting has or what access logging system your hosting provides.

you need to delete all the contents from your former domain, so that you will not be accused of having a duplicate content.

Originally Posted by MrPolarZero

you need to delete all the contents from your former domain, so that you will not be accused of having a duplicate content.

No you don't!

One the permanent redirect is in place the existing content effectively ceases to exist.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

No you don't!

One the permanent redirect is in place the existing content effectively ceases to exist.

ohhhhhhhhhhhh. thankssssssss
next time not gonna mess again with 301 redirect
mine already mess up i guess

With Google's new rules regarding duplicate content, it would be a good idea, but you could always spin the articles on both sites so that they are talking about the same subject but unique

"spinning" articles does NOT make them unique, and the latest Google update is targeted AT website (and operators) that do use "article spinning" to pretend their content is somehow different.

By suggesting that people use such "tools" to fake their content you are demonstrating precisely why Google has taken steps to eliminate "poor quality content pages" because "poor auality content" describes EXACTLY what "spun content" is.

how if i want to change the domain name?
example...i have blog PET LOVERS with SUB domain A.COM
i want to change these PET LOVERS blog with domain mapping B.COM
since subdomain cant do 301 redirect...what should i do?

(*blog.richarie.net --> change to B.com*)

hosted on what exactly?

Originally Posted by chrishirst

hosted on what exactly?

i was thinking to change domain name blog.richarie.net to www dot richarie dot org (or maybe other domain) which 100% new. how is that?