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Use the rel=canonical tag so that all URL's would point to the 'end' toy car page - hence avoiding any duplicate content. If there isn't much content anyway, Google has said they actually wouldn't penalise for this.

I had a little look and found something slightly similar I guess here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/wFlGmPiQe5E

I'd def use Rel=Canonical though

Jamie

Hi there,

Whereas I don't have direct expertise with regards to guest blogging plugins, a good friend of mine Anil covered some real good plugins for the cause, see here: http://bloggerspassion.com/guest-blogging-plugins/

Hope that helps!

Jamie

With regards to the drop Andy, that could of been the missing link equity post redirect - that could of had an affect on a drop such as that.

My advice is keep the good quality link acquisition efforts up and the rankings will restore, it's just a matter of time

Thanks

Hi there,

The site looks new? How long has this been live? I've tried finding data, but, couldn't really find anything.

If the site is new and recently indexed, your on-page grade may reflect an A which is great news, however, you will have to go through the indexing process before entering in at all.

Secondly, you really need to also think about your off-page efforts. Remember, you will need quality inbound links from third party sites to drive link equity which is a huge factor in the ranking algorithm.

Work on producing exceptional content and post them up on your blog and share them on social networks. If you haven't set up Facebook/Twitter/Google+ it's high time you did, these can be great for building brand reputation, sharing your blog content with the end result of attracting quality links if your content is good enough.

Be patient with indexation, you will not fall to the first page overnight. Spend your time structuring the site correctly and then work on the off-site efforts by producing AWESOME content and sharing it with others - if the content hits the spot, the links will follow.

In the meantime to get the link equity ball rolling, maybe look at some niche blogs with good traffic and see if you can write for them some real good value-added content for their blog with a link back to you.

Good luck!

Hi Andy,

I think the main question here is, how long ago was the redirect? Unfortunately, as with many things, sometimes it takes Google a long time to implement and pass the relevant link equity between domains following a 301 redirect. We had a similar situation where the rankings for the new site didn't appear for 3 months post 301 redirect - so it can take time.

Do not undo the redirect, I'd leave it there indefinitely now that you've made the change and be patient with the link equity passing.

Please remember as well that not all of your link equity will pass, so a slight drop would be expected (in most cases we've seen this)

My advice is simply to be patient and let the algorithm settle down with the redirect and cache the link equity properly (unless you did this months ago!)

Hope that helps.

Thanks Andy

Use the rel=canonical tag so that all URL's would point to the 'end' toy car page - hence avoiding any duplicate content. If there isn't much content anyway, Google has said they actually wouldn't penalise for this.

I had a little look and found something slightly similar I guess here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/wFlGmPiQe5E

I'd def use Rel=Canonical though

Jamie