Domain Relocation
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My client is running a online news website, which is running for 4 years. He's now looking to change the site into a new domain. I would like to know what are the factors to look out for when changing the site into new domain (In SEO point of view)
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This question has been covered quite a few times in the Q&A section and I believe there may have even been blog posts on here regarding it.
try searching for site:seomoz.org "domain change" or similar and you should find lots of useful information from this site.
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My first tip is that you make a 301 from the old domain to the new domain. If you do this, you keep almost all the link juice.
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