New Domain Link Building Order - When to 301 Redirect?
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Hello Everyone -
I am trying to lock down the best Local SEO and link acquisition order for 1 1/2 month old Domain.
The Domain is clean - No History - Registered in WMT's on January 20th
It's a service franchise website consolidating about 5 independent locations into a single branded site. The each location now has it's own location page on the new site: www.examplesite.com/Location-1
I'm considering the best timing to add 301's to the current Locations individual websites, to the locations pages on the new site.Some of which are currently ranked well (position 2) for one of their primary commercial terms.
www.individuallocationsite.com ---> www.examplesite.com/Location-1
I don't want to lose that ranking, but will need to do the 301 redirect at some point.
Should I -
A.) Complete all of the Citation Work, Natural Profiles, Blog Posts...etc FIRST and let the new website age before 301'ing the locations? Giving it the best chance to have no interruption in those rankings?
B:) 301 All the properties into the new website first and start all of the other Local SEO work second?
C:) Something else?
Thanks in Advance
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Hey There!
I recommend that you get the landing pages straightened out before building citations. You don't want redirecting URLs on them and you don't want to have to do the work twice. Hope this helps
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