SEO value of 301 redirects from non-existent sites.
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I have a question about an SEO tactic. There is this site that has purchased three domain names, and has redirected them to their main site. The three domains are: Spokaneduilawyer org, Spokaneduilaw com, and Spokaneduilawfirm com and the website has all three domains redirecting to their main site. What is the SEO value with this? I looked at those three domains on Majestic and they have no backlinks that I could find, and when I looked on archive.org I didn't see any history of those domains being actual sites that might bring traffic. What is the webmaster trying to do, and what is this tactic called?
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Thanks man
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Waste of money, no SEO value at all
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Thanks Gaston
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Hi RandyHT,
There is no SEO value in redirecting Exact Match Domains (EMD) to your current and primary domain.
A long time ago (3-4 years) it was a tactic that allegedly helped in rankings for the terms contained in the redirected domains.I guessthat they are trying to secure those domains and don't let competitors have it.
Don't worry that much about it.Hope it helps.
Best luck.
Gaston
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