301 redirect single page
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I have a popular page on one domain and I did 301 redirect of it to another domain. Just one single page. Both the sites are very related to each other. Will the backlinks get transferred? Its been more than a week but nothing shows up in webmaster tools.
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Hey there,
Sorry for the late reply. For some reason, I don't receive email updates, even if it's ticked.
Anyway, you're right that search engines will pass the link juice to the new domain. Regarding the old domains, Google Search Console will show you all the link as long as the domains are still being set up there. Therefore, I'd recommend to keep all the domains in GSC for the future.
Regarding the strategy, the best way would be the 1:1 permanent redirects 301. This means that you redirect every unique page from the old domain to another unique page from the new domain. You can create Google Spreadsheet where the first column would represent the old URLs and the second column the new URLs. In this case, you have higher chance not to miss anything.
Hope this is the answer you're looking for. Otherwise, feel free to shoot some other questions.
Cheers, Martin
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Thanks for the response Martin. From what I understand, webmaster tools will not show those links still pointing to the old domain but the search engines will pass the link juice to the new domain. What's the best strategy to get back links on those sites (in hundreds) to point to a new domain?
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Hey there,
Just to make the terminology clearer, you can transfer the link juice (well, majority of it), not the back links. The back links stay the same pointing on the previous domain. However, I'd recommend to change the links to the new domain from the previous pages so, basically, no redirection would be needed in terms of driving the traffic.
Hope it helps a bit. Cheers, Martin
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