Directing all traffic to another site - will it lower my serps?

[barginboyrob]

Hi guys,

I have a question. I have a ecommerce site which gets a fair amount of hits from google. I do not have time to run the site anymore due to other commitments

I am considering selling this traffic by redirecting it to a competitor who sells the same thing but is not high up in the google rankings.

How would the best way of doing this be?

If I were to simply redirect the traffic my bounce rate would be crazily high and I assume that my SERPS will drop as a result? If my serps drop then I won't be able to sell the traffic - it's a vicious circle!


Any ideas welcome!

 

[C0ldf1re]

... If I were to simply redirect the traffic my bounce rate would be crazily high and I assume that my SERPS will drop as a result?...

Your bounce rate does not affect serps. (But I don't know about the rest!)

 

[crossdaz]

you can just link to his site from the relevant pages adding a nofollow tag should prevent any negative impact

you could just 301 redirect the whole site to his or just sell him your site and have done with it.

 

[barginboyrob]

Won'ts redirecting the site with a 301 decrease my sites SERPS though?

I only want to redirect it to a competitor for a few months, until I find a new supplier so I don't want my site to just drop out of google if i do a 301 redirect.

 

[crossdaz]

Won'ts redirecting the site with a 301 decrease my sites SERPS though?

It will eliminate your serps because your site won't exist anymore

I only want to redirect it to a competitor for a few months, until I find a new supplier so I don't want my site to just drop out of google if i do a 301 redirect.

Just link to him then - adding nofollow will eliminate any risk of it looking spammy and will have little effect on your own sit'e ranking.

 

[Annoying Donkey]

I only want to redirect it to a competitor for a few months, until I find a new supplier so I don't want my site to just drop out of google if i do a 301 redirect.

There is a 302 redirect which is a temporary redirect. Wouldn't have any effect on ranking, though a few months might be too long to be considered temporary... I think it's intended for hours rather than months, such as when maintenance is done.

 

[Annoying Donkey]

Having done a bit of research it appears the search engines treat a 302 as a hijack attempt and basically ignore the difference, so just ignore my previous comment...

 

[barginboyrob]

So i shouldn't do a 302 then?

What would you people say the best way of redirecting it would be. I don't want to lose my serps but also if i just put a link to the other site no one will click it!

 

[SteveCox]

Why don't you just send the orders generated from your site to your competitor to fulfil for a few months.

That way you keep the new clients details for repeat orders etc and your site will remain as is.