Comments on: 301 Redirects don’t transfer 100% of PageRank http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/ Content-Driven Search Marketing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pete Handley http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-350 Pete Handley Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:58:07 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-350 I've not seen any PageRank changes on any of the domains that I look at regularly, although, it has now been quite some time since the last "official" PageRank update, so we likely are due one (if they don't discontinue it from being visible completely). I’ve not seen any PageRank changes on any of the domains that I look at regularly, although, it has now been quite some time since the last “official” PageRank update, so we likely are due one (if they don’t discontinue it from being visible completely).

]]> By: Massagesessel http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-349 Massagesessel Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:49:09 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-349 On October 23rd we had a pagerank change from 0 to 2 on our blog tus-hasede.blogspot.com. Maybe there has been a small update on that day or there are now just updates of single pages. On October 23rd we had a pagerank change from 0 to 2 on our blog tus-hasede.blogspot.com. Maybe there has been a small update on that day or there are now just updates of single pages.

]]> By: Pete Handley http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-348 Pete Handley Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:05:49 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-348 I've seen enough instances of changing domains using 301 redirects and retention of rankings to think that 301s do pass something across - but it doesnt seem as much as in the past, and not as consistently. I’ve seen enough instances of changing domains using 301 redirects and retention of rankings to think that 301s do pass something across – but it doesnt seem as much as in the past, and not as consistently.

]]> By: Cubiertas Piscinas http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-347 Cubiertas Piscinas Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-347 In my experience, 301 transmits very litle page rank, if not cero. In my experience, 301 transmits very litle page rank, if not cero.

]]> By: Pete Handley http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-346 Pete Handley Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:06:48 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-346 Hi Malcolm, Good point - he is specifically talking about cross domain 301 redirects, although I think that this was primarily in response to the way that the question was worded. However, the wording of his answer: "I can certainly see how there could be some loss of PageRank. I am not 100 percent sure whether the crawling and indexing team has implemented that sort of natural PageRank decay, so I will have to go and check on that specific case. (Note: in a follow on email, Matt confirmed that this is in fact the case. There is some loss of PR through a 301)." Whilst he was responding to a question about a particular question about domain 301 redirects, I think the explanation of the answer, and specifically "natural PageRank decay" suggests to me that this is probably the case with 301 redirects. As always, Matt's answers aren't entirely clear, but I generally take what he says with a generous pinch of salt anyway. In this case however, and based upon my experience of moving pages and domains, I wouldn't be surprised if it applied to both situations. Hi Malcolm,

Good point – he is specifically talking about cross domain 301 redirects, although I think that this was primarily in response to the way that the question was worded.

However, the wording of his answer:

“I can certainly see how there could be some loss of PageRank. I am not 100 percent sure whether the crawling and indexing team has implemented that sort of natural PageRank decay, so I will have to go and check on that specific case. (Note: in a follow on email, Matt confirmed that this is in fact the case. There is some loss of PR through a 301).”

Whilst he was responding to a question about a particular question about domain 301 redirects, I think the explanation of the answer, and specifically “natural PageRank decay” suggests to me that this is probably the case with 301 redirects.

As always, Matt’s answers aren’t entirely clear, but I generally take what he says with a generous pinch of salt anyway. In this case however, and based upon my experience of moving pages and domains, I wouldn’t be surprised if it applied to both situations.

]]> By: malcolm coles http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/301-redirects-dont-transfer-100-of-pagerank/#comment-345 malcolm coles Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:08:20 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=6668#comment-345 As usual with Matt's answers, it wasn't quite that clearcut... Sigh. He is specifically talking about cross-domain 301s when he mentions the loss of PR, isn't he? (The question is cross domain, and his answer is about "that specific case")? As usual with Matt’s answers, it wasn’t quite that clearcut… Sigh. He is specifically talking about cross-domain 301s when he mentions the loss of PR, isn’t he? (The question is cross domain, and his answer is about “that specific case”)?

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