How Does Forwarding One Domain To Another Domain Affect SEO?
I decided to run a test and forward one of my keyword rich domains to my New Orleans website. My goal was to transfer the “link juice” to my New Orleans website.
Let the Domain Test Begin….
I bought the domain http://www.web-design-new-orleans.com . I built a basic website, did the normal on page optimization and I got a few back links to get some page rank. I waited a few weeks and….
Here are the results:
1. Web Design New Orleans.Com receives the identical page rank as my New Orleans website whether it goes up or down.
2. Google Webmaster Tools shows http://www.web-design-new-orleans.com as a back link.
This tells me that forwarding a domain is like having a “mirror” backlink.
Here are the instructions on how to forward a domain:
1. If you do not have one, create a htaccess file
2. Open the htaccess file and insert the following command:
RedirectMatch 301 (.*) http://www.phlashwebsitedesign.com (replace the URL with the domain you are forwarding to).
3. Save htaccess file
4. Upload htaccess file to the root of of the server you want to forward.
If you already have a htaccess file, just open it and add the above command then save and upload.