ages ago i purchased a domain then a while later i decided to change it, so i put the old one a 301 page to redirect to the new domain. that was ages and ages ago, so how long should i keep this 301 in place to save all my backlinks and things? i want to remove it now but im worried about loosing links.
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The redirect doesn't actually change any links you know. They still exist in their original form and pointing to address A, it simply tells useragents that the requested page (A) is at a different location (B).
Remove the redirect and the page will once again be located at address A
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
Thought for today:- Is SEO the only industry where all the cowboys are Indians?
The redirect doesn't actually change any links you know. They still exist in their original form and pointing to address A, it simply tells useragents that the requested page (A) is at a different location (B).
Remove the redirect and the page will once again be located at address A
In short, you can't REMOVE the 301 redirect there. Otherwise, you will lost all your backlinks there.
The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently". After the code, the URL of the missing or renamed page is noted, followed by a space, then followed by the new location or file name. You implement the 301 redirect by creating a .htaccess file.
ages ago i purchased a domain then a while later i decided to change it, so i put the old one a 301 page to redirect to the new domain. that was ages and ages ago, so how long should i keep this 301 in place to save all my backlinks and things? i want to remove it now but im worried about loosing links.
If you want your new domain (the target of the 301s) to continue to receive credit for links to the old domain (the domain being 301 redirected) then the old domain must continue to be hosted and those 301 redirects need to remain in place indefinitely.
If you remove the 301 redirects then the next time Google recrawls the inbound links to the old redirected domain, the new domain will lose credit for those links one by one as each inbound links is recrawled.
