Changing domain through 301 redirects - will I lose ranking position?

Changing domain through 301 redirects - will I lose ranking position? - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the Changing domain through 301 redirects - will I lose ranking position? error on your web browser. Problem :

I have a few articles that are in the top 3 of Google search results. They are currently accessed by the URL http://example.com/myarticle1.

Now, I want to move that article to the other URL http://example.org/different-name-myarticle1. The old URL is referenced in many places on the internet. I don't want to break the links so I setup a 301 redirect returned from the server with the new location. A browser works perfectly but I'm wondering if the indexing bot will follow the redirects and keep the ranking of my page? Are there any risks?

Solution :

While you indeed seem to have done things perfectly with the 301 redirect, you might (temporarily) lose your rankings.

• This is due to the fact that Google is hesitant to immediately transfer all link metrics to new URLs after they redirect.


• Also, if the article indeed has a different name (as your example shows) then this might also impact your rankings.


• Furthermore, with each redirect you could lose some link juice, as referenced, for instance, in http://www.seoblog.com/2014/06/link-juice-lost-301-redirect/.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the redirects, search-engine-indexing, ranking error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!