Permanently Moving Few High Ranking Pages from One Domain to Another
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We are planning to move few high ranking pages permanently (301 Permanent Redirection) to another domain, Currently these pages are getting good traffic from organic search and ranking on top positions in Google search engine result pages. We have few questions in our mind right now, It would be a great help if anyone can answer following questions;
- Is it possible to move few pages from one domain to another by using 301 Redirection in .htaccess file?
- Will it have any negative impact on our website's current search engine performance?
- Will it be considered as a legitimate SEO practice by Google Search Engine?
- Will Google understand that these pages have been moved permanently to another domain and start showing URL's from the new domain on the same positions where they were ranking before moving to new location?
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Thank you EGOL for your reply, Really Appreciate Your Help.
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This is a complex issue because you are chopping a piece out of one site and attaching it to another. Because these sites are probably not equal in strength, size, popularity, authority, internal link structure and other attributes in the eyes of Google it will be difficult to predict the results with certainty.
Is it possible to move few pages from one domain to another by using 301 Redirection in .htaccess file?
This is the easy question. The answer is "yes".
**Will it have any negative impact on our website's current search engine performance? **
Maybe. If these pages have a lot of inbound links, the value of those links contribute to the strength, trust and authority of the domain that they are pointed to. If you remove these pages from Site A and they are significant contributors to its rankings, then the performance could fall. In my opinion, moving valuable assets are always going to be a loss for the domain from which they are taken.
Will it be considered as a legitimate SEO practice by Google Search Engine?
Probably.
Will Google understand that these pages have been moved permanently to another domain and start showing URL's from the new domain on the same positions where they were ranking before moving to new location?
Probably not. If you move them to a much more powerful, popular and more trusted domain they might rank higher - but no guarantees. If you move them to a weaker, less popular and less trusted domain the rankings might drop. Google says that there is a small loss of pagerank through a redirect. If that is true then you have a guaranteed power loss, which might or might not impact their rankings.
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