Local site under generic domain
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Howdy Mozers,
We have main website on .com domain and local websites for each language like .es, .fr, .in etc. We decided to move all local sites under main domain .com using subdirectories with gTLDs. One of the local sites has a manual penalty. Right now we are redirecting local site which have penalty using 302 redirect. So my question is. Will 302 redirect hurt our main site? Is there any other way to redirect visitors from local site without passing penalty? We have few thousands monthly users who are still using local domain links to get to our site, so we can't remove redirect at all.
Best Regards,
Juris -
Hi Rishi!
Thank you. Great solution.
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You could get the original CCTLD back up with a single page asking people to visit the .com - linking to the .com version with a nofollow instead of the 302.
I have seen penalties pass through redirects and ideally I would try and not redirect a penalised domain to your main site without any in between padding to halt the flow of the penalty.
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It was manual penalty regarding unnatural links which was created by local employee in 2009-2011. I'm process to resolve it. Just wanted to know if temporary solution with 302 redirect will be a good choice.
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What was the manual penality for? Before you redirect, is it possible to fix the issue causing the penalty? I think that would clear up any issues with penalty passing, and the redirect worries.
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