Moving traffic from old site to new site

[lesliedocherty]

We had a site hosted on big cartel, now moved over to core commerce but the old site still ranks number 1.

How do we go about deleting the rankings of old site or can we re-direct traffic from old one to new one.

 

[That Guy]

Are you able to edit the .htaccess file?

You will need to setup a 301 re-direct

 

Re direct the traffic just put a few buy now buttons up to the new site,never take down a site that ranks well or diminish its content.

Don't even consider deleting its rankings.The more sites you have up the more picks at the cherry and the greater security you have aginst the changes the the engines may make.

Earl

 

[ecenica]

As That Guy has already said - ideally you want to setup 301 permanent redirects.

More on 301 redirects at;
http://support.ecenica.com/domain-names/301-redirects/

If your website is hosted on a Linux server, you can edit your .htaccess either by hand, or if your web hosting company includes a control panel, like cPanel - you'll be able to edit it via your browser.

If you're hosted on a Windows server you can setup redirect using IIS or again, though your control panel.

We also recommend setting up a Google Webmaster account and telling Google that you're moving the domain.

http://support.ecenica.com/web-hosting/search-engines/what-is-google-webmaster-tools/

It normally takes a few weeks for site traffic to return to normal levels after changing the domain.

Also take a look at the canonical meta tag to prevent duplicate content showing in case both domains are listed;

http://support.ecenica.com/web-hosting/search-engines/how-to-stop-duplicate-content-in-google-yahoo-bing-and-ask-com/

Hope you find some of the above useful.

^RM.

 

As That Guy has already said - ideally you want to setup 301 permanent redirects.

More on 301 redirects at;
http://support.ecenica.com/domain-names/301-redirects/

If your website is hosted on a Linux server, you can edit your .htaccess either by hand, or if your web hosting company includes a control panel, like cPanel - you'll be able to edit it via your browser.

If you're hosted on a Windows server you can setup redirect using IIS or again, though your control panel.

We also recommend setting up a Google Webmaster account and telling Google that you're moving the domain.

http://support.ecenica.com/web-hosting/search-engines/what-is-google-webmaster-tools/

It normally takes a few weeks for site traffic to return to normal levels after changing the domain.

Also take a look at the canonical meta tag to prevent duplicate content showing in case both domains are listed;

http://support.ecenica.com/web-hosting/search-engines/how-to-stop-duplicate-content-in-google-yahoo-bing-and-ask-com/

Hope you find some of the above useful.

^RM.

Redirects can be a dangerous way of doing it, even if you know what you are doing you may well loose inbound links.IMHO

Earl

 

[Adam_Watson]

Yes you can do that if you have .htaccess then you can edit by hand and use 301 re-direct for move your website permanently..

 

[lesliedocherty]

the site give you html acess, but not sure if this is the same as access to .htaccess file

 

[edmondscommerce]

assuming you are moving from one hosted solution to another - then Earls approach is probably your only choice - if you can even do that..

definitely don't take down a site that is getting number one rankings though!!