Question about forwarding domains and link juice
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We currently have a domain that has a small amount of inbound links:
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/www.1800wecoach.com/a!links
We decided to switch over to a different domain name, which currently has 0 inbound links.
What we were wondering is which would be better:
- link to the new domain from the old domain in a prominent location on all pages.
or
- forward the old domain to the new domain?
does forwarding a domain pass linkjuice?
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Option 2 would be the best possible solution, with a 301 redirect. You maintain MOST of your linkjuice this way and users get an easy redirect, no extra clicking required.
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