Moving content between two separate domains...

[DJR1981]

Hello

I am looking for advice regarding moving content from one site to another.

We have two websites:

Site 1:  E-commerce site, with content weaved in throughout the visitor journey.
Site 2: Blog-style site, used to archive magazine (which we own) articles online.

Both sites exist on completely separate domains.

Over time, Site 2 has received a lot less attention due to a change in our business objectives.  As a result of this, this site is not as up-to-date as it could be and we're now starting to think about winding the brand down.

However, some of the content (mostly feature-pieces, reviews etc) on Site 2 is really good and it would be a shame to just see such high quality stuff disappear into the ether.

Ideally, we would like migrate some of the content on Site 2 to Site 1.  The reasons for this are mostly to improve things from a visitor perspective, but also to gain any positive SEO points from adding such pieces to our main domain.

I've had a look through and a lot of the articles from Site 2 are indexed.

Is it going to be a case of selecting the pieces I want and then adding a 301s to those pages so they're no longer found/visable before re-publishing them on Site 1?

Sorry if this is a bit of silly question, just wanted some advice to ensure I go about it the right way.

Thanks!

[DJR1981]

Hello Marisa

Thanks for the reply.

That makes perfect sense - I was thinking along those lines, I just really wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything!

[UnderRugSwept]

Hi Melanie,

I'm not sure from your question how much previous knowledge you have about site migrations and 301 redirects, so forgive me if I'm either being too basic or too advanced.

I would do things in the following order and all on the same day.

1. Publish the content from site two onto site one.
2. Set up 301 redirects from site two to site one.
3. Remove the content from site two.