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Thread: SEO drop after domain migration
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05-25-2013, 10:46 AM #1Junior Guru
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SEO drop after domain migration
My website migrated from the domain 'smartphonegeeks.in' to 'techtage.com' in January, this year, 2 years after it was launched in the same month in 2011.
The forum (http://forum.techtage.com) used to get around 175-200 online users now gets around 40-50! I owned the old domain for around 1 more month before it expired. I had set up 301 redirections as well.
Now it seems that Google is not indexing both my forum and my blog (root of the domain) well. Even unique content isn't often indexed and listed properly. It takes so much time to index stuff, and once it does index stuff, most of the things are receiving very poor rankings. I regularly check Webmasters' Tools and there doesn't seem to be any issue there.
I'd like to know what might be causing this and if there's any fix(es) for this issue.
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05-25-2013, 10:59 AM #2Retired Moderator
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why did you change the domain of your successful forum?
looks like someone already bought the old domain.
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05-25-2013, 11:06 AM #3Digital Marketing Strategist
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If you changed your domain name, you will have to rebuild your domain authority etc., as not a single backlink will be valid anymore. If you don't own the old domain anymore, there is no "fix" for that, but to start from scratch SEO wise. Google indexes new contect slowly, because your new domain has no authority whatsoever yet.
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05-25-2013, 11:43 AM #4Junior Guru
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05-25-2013, 11:44 AM #5Junior Guru
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05-25-2013, 12:14 PM #6Digital Marketing Strategist
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No, the 301 redirects should have been there "forever" then and not just for 30 days.
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05-25-2013, 12:29 PM #7Junior Guru
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05-26-2013, 10:39 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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It will take time for the new one to rebiuld from a 301 but keep in mind Google has been releasing a lot of new updates that may have killed your ranking.
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05-27-2013, 07:28 AM #9New Member
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If you modified your sector address, you will have to restore your sector power etc., as not only one back-link will be legitimate any longer. If you don't own the old sector any longer, there is no "fix" for that, but to begin from the beginning SEO sensible.
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05-27-2013, 07:31 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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05-28-2013, 04:12 AM #11Newbie
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301 redirections set up not working as your old domain opening and still not available.
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