: Redirecting a gTLD to a ccTLD to increase traffic I have a very short and fancy ccTLD (vwx.yz) for my private page. The page gives an overview about me and my conducted research and is currently
I have a very short and fancy ccTLD (vwx.yz) for my private page. The page gives an overview about me and my conducted research and is currently associated with some small island somwhere nowhere.
I also have the gTLD (complicated_name.com and comlicated_name.de). However, for the sake of spelling and memorising, I would like to stick to vwx.yz as my main page and channel all the traffic there.
Issues
The ccTLD is not yet considered generic by Google (although I think that might change some time).
I cannot find my private page on Google (UK, DE, US) with keywords usually leading to my research. In fact, I am at position 30 when googling for my own name.
Questions
In this answer it is claimed that redirecting a gTLD to ccTLD might have an effect for SEO, are there any sources for that?
Should I first copy the hole contact to complicated_name.com for the language English (with a link stating the canonical page is vwx.yz), let google index it and than do a 301 redirect from complicated_name.com to vwx.yz? (Same for complicated_name.de -> vwx.yz/de)
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If Google doesn't list the country code TLD as "generic", then it won't rank outside its country. If you move your content to the ccTLD you will lose all your Google rankings and traffic. It doesn't matter if you use redirects or canonicals, Google won't show pages from most ccTLDs in global search.
I think this is really stupid behavior from Google, but it has been this way for years without a good work around.
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