Comments on: Redirect Case Study: Transferring Google PageRank

By: PS3

PS3 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:28:35 +0000

I recently took off a 301 redirect for a couple of days, maybe Google hadn’t visited because when I put the redirect back on, PR hadn’t changed at all.

By: edwin

edwin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:54:37 +0000

What happens if you try to cumilate a high pr site by redirecting it to an medium pr website ? edwin's last blog post..Duplicate content opsporen?ontmasker de copycats

By: DF Marketing SEO

DF Marketing SEO — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:49:16 +0000

I had just recently transferred a page on my website using a 301 permanent redirect and the same thing happened. Pagerank was lost and then upon the next update re-loaded.

By: Posicionamiento web

Posicionamiento web — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:14 +0000

I 've been moved a very large website during 3 months I really don't know how many redirect 301 I 've done into different urls, and in the last update pagerank have been really great! . Posicionamiento web's last blog post..Euskaltel lleva 6 días sin darme el servicio de internet

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:30:12 +0000

well toolbar pagerank and all redirect pagerank took effect every 3 months? John's last blog post..Busby SEO Test the hard way

By: Wii

Wii — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:59:48 +0000

I have always wondered how moving a server would affect the PR of a site. This little ‘experiment’ is very interesting. Thanks

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:16:07 +0000

I think at times like this it is generally a better idea to educate your clients than it is to alleviate their fears.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:42:25 +0000

Check the live pagerank (multi-datacenters) of your website for free at tools.khrido.com/webtools/pagerank-checker.aspx

By: Milo

Milo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:07:15 +0000

that’s surprisingly clever.:-P

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By: Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:53:37 +0000

Yeh, Google does do a good job of figuring things out, but they need to be properly told (via sitemaps and redirects) what is going on. Otherwise, there's the whole duplicate content issue which would delay the reindexing of the moved website. Shirley's last blog post..Google Maps’ Street View Helps Fight Crime!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:05:03 +0000

I’ve recently moved a very large website. With minimal rewrites but a good system of XML sitemaps the site was re-indexed and is now generating more traffic than before. Believe it or not, but I reckon Google do a decent enough job of figuring out the move on their own. Provided you map it out for them.

By: Saad Kamal

Saad Kamal — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:23:03 +0000

Toolbar PR only updates 4 times a year. So i don't think this could have been done any quicker. But i'm sure the actual pagerank (that we can't see) of all the pages were transferred to the new site in due time. One way to find out is to check your Google Analytics logs, and monitor the search traffic for the whole period. After a 301, the search traffic should decrease for a while and then it should level up again --- and thats when the pagerank transfer completes. Saad Kamal's last blog post..Saad’s Hot Picks – Jan 7, 2009

By: Utah SEO Pro

Utah SEO Pro — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:26:53 +0000

Well you had to way for the toolbar pagerank to update. the real pagerank, i'm sure, was much quicker. Utah SEO Pro's last blog post..An Interview with Utah SEO Pro (Jordan Kasteler) by Martin Bowling

By: PS3

PS3 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:52:01 +0000

In the example given, what would happen to any new backlinks to the old (redirected ) URLs. Would the PR automatically get “credited” to the new destination URL?

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:34:24 +0000

Yes indeed, the old mantra - document what you do and do what you document. Thanks. Nicole Price's last blog post..New Year Resolutions to Help You Save Money

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:52:33 +0000

I agree with most of the commentors that traffic is more important that pagerank. It does suck that you don't get the refreshing sign that your site's pagerank isn't that high, but as long as the traffic is coming in, who cares. Patrick's last blog post..Shower Water and Energy Use Calculator

By: Jacques Seoman

Jacques Seoman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:35:43 +0000

General consensus is that PageRank doen’t really matter, but when you lose ranking on your keywords in Google your traffic volume will definitely suffer as a consequence.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:03:50 +0000

Yeh, toolbar PR is always delayed. Google only updates it to reflect the internal PR every three months or so... So I would assume a similar delay like this. However, it would be interesting to see the traffic statistics to see how that was affected to see how much delay there was in the internal reassignment. Shirley's last blog post..Is Search Engine Optimization Unfair For The Little Guy?

By: Jason Kuiper

Jason Kuiper — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:08:29 +0000

The almighty pagerank, man I wish my pagerank would increase!