When domain a buys domain b (whose links direct to c), does domain a has links redirecting to domain c ?
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Hi, I really need to know what happens when a company or domain (a) acquires another company with domain (b) with its links pointing to yet another location (c). Does company a then have redirects to c?
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I need further clarification to answer you properly.
Is domain (b) now redirecting to domain (a) since it was acquired?
What do you mean exactly when you say that domain (b) is linking to domain (c)? Links within the content of domain (b) are linking out to domain (c)?
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