REDIRECT Domain - QUESTIONS re wildcard redirects

[shags38]

I have redirected a domain and all its content to a new domain name via a wildcard redirect a couple of months ago - no problems at all with the redirect itself but I have a question about hosting of the redirected domain.

QUESTION: in respect to ensuring all of the ranking is passed on - once the origin domain is redirected should it continue to be hosted as it was before the redirection, i.e. as if it is a live site or should the DNS be changed to say 'parked' status or something else. Is simply redirecting a site enough to tell google the old site is no longer to be crawled and all its authority / juice should be passed to the new domain?

As against a new site taking sometimes many months to get to its deserved position in SERPs does a redirected site still take as long?

cheers,
Mike

 

[Dr Doomain]

Yes, 301 redirection is exactly for that, no need to do anything with the redirected domain. It still has to function though, if it goes offline, the redirection will stop working.

 

[shags38]

Yes, 301 redirection is exactly for that, no need to do anything with the redirected domain. It still has to function though, if it goes offline, the redirection will stop working.

Thanks for your response - much appreciated - I thought that was the case but it doesn't hurt to validate, right?