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    • Alick300
      Alick300 last edited by

      I have two websites with similar products with different tld.I have a keywords that is comman in both.One site is at top in google with that keyword and one is not.Can we implement 301 redirect from one domain to another domain for that keyword or google will consider it spammy?Please help me out.

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      • Cornel_Ilea
        Cornel_Ilea @Alick300 last edited by

        Hi Bilal,

        Have a look at this:

        http://www.seomoz.org/q/splitting-one-website-into-2-different-new-websites-with-301-redirects-help

        It might help.

        Cornel

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          Alick300 @Cornel_Ilea last edited by

          I know 301 redirect is not spammy but i am redirecting a page from one domain to  different domain for a keyword .

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          • anthonytjm
            anthonytjm last edited by

            Bilal, since you already have one at the top of google why not come up with a different strategy to try and get the second site moving up in google rankings? Sounds like it cold be a good springboard to try some experimentation in optimizing for better ranking.

            Unless your simply wanting to merge the sites and concentrate solely on the one site.

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            • Cornel_Ilea
              Cornel_Ilea last edited by

              Hi Bilal,

              A 301 redirect is not spammy, but why do you want to do it?

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA

              Cornel

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