Penalized domain redirected to the non-penalized one...

[hammadrafique]

I've a technical question ,

For example site A was penalized by google updates, panda and penguin both and site b is in the same niche and it's running good and never been penalized by updates.

If I redirect site A to Site B with 301 status code(permanent redirect), will Google penalize the site B too? because penalties travel from old domain to new one as per google's algorithms.

And If yes then how can I stop my competitor from removing redirection of penalized domain to mine?

[Paddy_Moogan]

Hi there,

I've never seen this happen to a client so I'm only speaking from a theoretical point of view. My feeling is that it is possible for a penalty to be passed via a 301 redirect. One core reason is that if it didn't, then it would be a very easy way for low quality websites (who don't care about their brand / company name) to just keep switching websites. I don't think it will happen in all cases, but I certainly think it's possible.

If this were to happen to you, my feeling is that you should create a disavow file on the new domain which contains the links to the old domain but go through the 301. This feels a bit messy but I don't see an obvious alternative. The absolute best outcome is to get the links totally removed which can be tricky sometimes.

I found this blog post by Dave Naylor which talks a bit more about this subject if you'd like to read more:

https://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/what-to-do-with-your-disavow-list-when-301ing-an-old-domain.html

This Moz Q&A thread also talks about the same situation and has some additional information:

http://moz.com/community/q/can-i-dissavow-links-on-a-301-d-website

Cheers.

Paddy

[MonicaOConnor]

You have to through the disavow process on that link.

[hammadrafique]

Ok! Got the answer, Simply disavow that 301 redirect. I think it will work.

[hammadrafique]

I've found the way to identify that who is redirecting a bad repute domain to your's. You can simple check this out via moz pro's Backlinks checker under the option of "301 only".

Now the question is, if someone has redirected a bad domain to mine, what can I do then?

[DennisSeymour]

Has this happened to you yet? If not, dont worry about it.

The penalty doesnt really pass all the time. If your site B is strong enough, you won't even feel it.

If it does happen to you, you will need to find the 301, report it to the registrar to get it off. I don't think there's an easier way at the moment.