Ranking After Removing a 301

lanbo · Jan 21, 2013

So here's my current situation:

I have Site A and Site B (domain in the same niche).
Site B was NOT being used, so I did a 301 redirect to Site A.

If I were to remove the 301 redirect from (Site B -> Site A) will it still rank normally, without Google thinking the two are associated (the two are hosted on different IPs)?

Endire · Jan 21, 2013

Ianbo,

Both sites should be able to rank normally after you remove the redirect. If you have them both set up in webmaster tools, you could also notify Google there that these properties are independent of one another. That's just my opinion.

This guy seems to think differently,

http://getluky.net/2010/12/14/301-redirects-cannot-be-undon/

Hope that helps,

Shawn

aka sam · Apr 15, 2013

if the site B ..had a lots of back links .. then you were passing a hell lots of link juice to site A...so once you remove those back links you may get a slight decrease in your ranking...

as far as site B is concerned, it will rank normally..as it used to rank

turbohacker · Apr 15, 2013

A 301 from site B to site A will pass link juice from Site B to Site A. Therefore this 301 WILL influence the rankings and have a negative effect on your rankings should this "link" between site A and B be removed...

A 301 Redirect is a permanent redirect which passes between 90-99% of link juice (ranking power) to the redirected page. 301 refers to the HTTP status codes for this type of redirect. In most instances, the 301 redirect is the best method for implementing redirects on a website.

Resource:

http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/redirection

Vic Sage · Apr 15, 2013

Removing 301 will affect rankings only if you are gaining significant movements with the help of the 301'd site.

Ranking After Removing a 301

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