Switching Blog to domain/blog... worth it?
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So we have a great business. Let's say: Service.com. And years ago we launched a great blog. Let's call it ServiceDiscussion.com. So, both are PR5 sites. The BUSINESS gets about 50k page views a month. But the BLOG is getting about 100k page views a month.
So, my question is... is it time to fold the blog into the business domain? Let's say we did a 301 redirect and turned it into Service.com/blog. We'd be folding all this extra traffic into the business domain. Would the google juice be worth doing this?
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Thanks for the advice. I want to stress, I want to do this to get a Google boost for the business. It's not so much about getting more sales... so, mainly what I want to know is... would adding that much additional traffic to the business' domain give me a boost with Google?
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There are some good posts and q&a responses on this and also what pitfalls to avoid etc.
Definitely work doing a site:seomoz.org search in Google for phrases related to moving the blog to a different domain.
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Yes! By all means. Do it!
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I'm determined to do the same with a blog I run. The traffic is nothing like you described, but it will be a spte forward, in my opinion. My blog got particularly good links from the UK market, so I'm hoping for some improvement there.
Are there any particular posts (a dozen or two or more?) reeling in the good traffic, or is it e majority of posts generating good traffic from longtail?
My advice is to go with the changes. At first there will be some stress to the traffic and I suggest letting Google know of the redirect through Google Webmaster Tools. Look at it like this - the longer you wait, the harder it will become to decide and implement the redirects.
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