301 Redirects Question

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Hi,

What's the best SEO practice here?

I am moving an old domain to a new site. I have transferred the content over from the old site to the new site and added 301 redirects.

I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.

2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
 
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Redirect will only cost you domain renewal cost. I would suggest to keep 1 year. If the other domain has some good backlinks then you should keep the redirect active for many years.
 
Livegeneral said:
I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.
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ME - Keep it live till new not redirected. Also mention it to your user that this abc is now xyz. so the user and crawler can understand.
Livegeneral said:
2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
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ME - Dont do. you rill loose all the value and page DA. Keep doing it fast asap.

  1. Go to Site settings > ad 301 redirects‍ code.
  2. Enter the old URL in the Old path field (e.g., /old-url )
  3. Enter the new URL in the Redirect to path field (e.g., /entirely/new-url/structure )
  4. Click Add redirect path.
  5. Publish it
 
india said:
Redirect will only cost you domain renewal cost. I would suggest to keep 1 year. If the other domain has some good backlinks then you should keep the redirect active for many years.
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It would also cost for hosting. The old domain is hosted on webflow so it's $30 monthly, or I would have to migrate it which would require work. The DA is pretty low in general.
 
If you have already transferred all the content from the old website to the new website, you don't need to keep paying for hosting services for the old website.

You just need to keep paying the domain renewal service.
 
Livegeneral said:
Hi,

What's the best SEO practice here?

I am moving an old domain to a new site. I have transferred the content over from the old site to the new site and added 301 redirects.

I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.

2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
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1) Move the domain to another registrar without a hosting plan or try to downgrade your current plan. $30/month just for a 301 is 'a bit too much'. It should cost around $10/year for a .com domain, i would let the redirect be online for forever, if it's passing some juice.
2) It won't cause duplication issues. The old domain won't get crawled anymore once the 301 redirect is actvive.
 
Satanic_Frozen said:
If you have already transferred all the content from the old website to the new website, you don't need to keep paying for hosting services for the old website.

You just need to keep paying the domain renewal service.
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I didn't know the 301 redirects work if the website isn't online?
 
Livegeneral said:
Hi,

What's the best SEO practice here?

I am moving an old domain to a new site. I have transferred the content over from the old site to the new site and added 301 redirects.

I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.

2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
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You never let go of the old domain because any links to the old domain are now passing juice to the new one, it should always remain redirected for as long as the new website is live. Make sure to setup redirects on page level. Just put both domains on the same host so you don't have to worry about additional hosting fees.
 
  1. Keeping redirects for 6-12 months is recommended for SEO. Three months can work if the new site ranks well quickly.
  2. Unpublish content with the 301 redirect to avoid duplication issues.
 
Daniel165 said:
  1. Keeping redirects for 6-12 months is recommended for SEO. Three months can work if the new site ranks well quickly.
  2. Unpublish content with the 301 redirect to avoid duplication issues.
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This advice is going against everyone who commented before.
 
Livegeneral said:
This advice is going against everyone who commented before.
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His first point is not right, do not kill the 301 ever, just let it be (especially if there are links to the first domain).

The second point is accurate. The purpose of a 301 redirect is to move 1 URL to another. So website1.com/article1 becomes website2.com/article1 because you move the content from the first site to the second one. This is why you need to remove it from the first site and set up a 301.
 
You better use 301 only for website moving, otherwise it might not count
 
Livegeneral said:
Hi,

What's the best SEO practice here?

I am moving an old domain to a new site. I have transferred the content over from the old site to the new site and added 301 redirects.

I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.

2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
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1. Keep 301 redirects for at least one year, 3 months is the minimum, but it’s riskier. This duration helps avoid any confusion for search engines and users and ensures that the search engines have fully indexed the new site.

2. Once you have implemented a 301 redirect, the content on the old domain should not be accessible to avoid duplicate content issues. The 301 redirect tells search engines that the content has permanently moved to the new URL.
 
Livegeneral said:
Hi,

What's the best SEO practice here?

I am moving an old domain to a new site. I have transferred the content over from the old site to the new site and added 301 redirects.

I have two questions

1) How long should I keep the old site live with the redirect? - I read about 1 year but I was thinking about 3 months/until the new site is ranking well to save money.

2) Do I unpublish the content with the 301 redirect? - I wasn't sure if keeping it live would cause some type of duplication issues with Google.
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  • Keep the old site live with redirects for up to 1 year to give Google time to transfer authority and other signals to your new website.
  • Once the redirects are in place, remove or unpublish the content from the old site. This prevents complications and further risks.
 
1. If you have budget constraints ,you could stay for a shorter period for ex:6 Months but monitor your traffic and rankings closely to ensure there are no significant drops.

2. Unpublished the content on the old site after setting up the 301 redirects.
 
Speaking from experience, I think keeping it for 1 year is a solid plan, in fact you can just keep the domain without using hosting unless your domain renewal is very expensive!
 
Keep the old site with redirects for a few months to transition smoothly, and unpublish its content to avoid issues with Google thinking there's duplicate content.
 
Keep the old site live with 301 redirects for at least 6 months to 1 year. After setting up 301 redirects, delete the content from the old site to prevent duplication.
 
Also make sure to reach external sites pointing to your old domain are automatically getting updated and transfer values to your new site.
 
BlackShield said:
Keep the old site with redirects for a few months to transition smoothly, and unpublish its content to avoid issues with Google thinking there's duplicate content.
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If there is a 301 redirect, would Google think that it's duplicate? I thought the 301 would say this content is transferred to the new content so, it wouldn't cause a duplication issue.
 
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