Should I redirect domain via domain panel or hosting?

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night undertaker

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• Nov 20, 2018

• #1

Hello,

I found an expired domain with nice backlinks. All of its anchor texts are brand name, and to homepage. I tried to use godaddy domain panel to 301 redirect to money site a few days ago, but I can't see redirected backlinks on search console and ahrefs. Should I use hosting for 301 redirect instead of domain panel? Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks

 

tiiberius

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• Nov 21, 2018

• #2

When you visit the original domain via browser, does it redirect? If so, it works

I personally prefer to do redirects via .htaccess

 

kid1810

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Dec 17, 2012

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• Nov 21, 2018

• #3

I don't know if there is any different between redirect from domain panel or hosting. But I always do with htaccess.

Also, as my observation from my site, it took at least 3 weeks - 1 months for the backlinks to appear in google console. Some were fast, some did not appear at all. I am pushing some links to them to see if there is any different.

 

SoccerLover

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• Nov 21, 2018

• #4

THREAD MOVED​

 

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mickyfu

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• Nov 21, 2018

• #5

Why I used to do a lot of 301 link building. I used to find that a good domain with several pages of content 301ed via hosting was more effective than a straight up registrar 301.

 

ridersark

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Nov 14, 2015

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• Nov 21, 2018

• #6

If you go via the htaccess route then you can individually map pages with backlinks to their counterparts on the new website. This is recommended if you are switching domains.

If you are just looking to harness the backlinks power of the expired domain, then do with a redirect from your Domain dashboard.

 

domainmafia

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• Nov 22, 2018

• #7

If you are using control panel redirect then make sure it is a 301 by examining headers when you visit the site or use an online tool if you don't know how to check yourself.

 

domainmafia

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• Nov 22, 2018

• #8

Had a PM from the OP asking about this and he included the domain. I often use this site to check header codes, I could use the network panel of Chrome Dev Tools but I am lazy old git:
http://tools.seobook.com/server-header-checker/

This showed that the initial domain was serving a 302 before the 301 so have suggested looking at hosting the domain and using .htaccess to redirect with a 301. Like I said, always worth checking if you are using control panels to handle your redirects, you can always be sure they will 301 them...