Experencing page authority issues after a 301 redirect
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We just completed a build of a new site and used 301 redirects to retain our page authority. In the first week all the interior pages reported a page authority of 1 after 2 or so weeks the page authority began to look more accurate but they were still not as high as the original pages. The strange thing is that when you click on the link to a page the page authority populates correctly but when the page finally finished loading the PA goes back down. Has anyone ever experienced this and if so how did you fix it?
Thanks!
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Hey!
That sounds like odd behavior and I don't think I've heard of that happening before. I'd love to dig a bit deeper to see what's going on.
Would you be able to send me the pages you are searching? I assume you are experiencing this in Open Site Explorer?
If you would prefer not post the URLs in this forum, feel free to email me directly at carin@seomoz.org!
Thanks,
Carin -
301 redirects do not pass 100% of page equity/authority. I have no idea exactly how much is passed through a 301, but you're always going to be in for a wee drop during a re-build.
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