: Does 301 redirecting all pages in an existing domain exempt a domain from the sandbox period in Google? I have a domain I use for my blog that had originally been intended for a short lived

@XinRu657

I recently moved some pages from an old domain to a new one for a very similar reason to yours and they were ranking within a few days. However, new articles didn't start to rank (or even get indexed) until I set up some links to them from trusted pages on different domains. I think that content moved using a 301 redirect is viewed in quite a different way to new content even though the same new domain is used.

If you're concerned about what the consequences of the redirect to a new domain will be then you could try moving the pages slowly and see what effect it has. I moved some less significant pages first before transferring anything important. I actually still have content on the old domain that's not moved yet.

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@Frith620

I would follow www.google.com/webmasters/tools/change-address steps -


If you're planning to move your site
to a new domain, use the Change of
Address tool to tell Google about your
new URL. This will help us update our
index faster and smooth the transition
for your users.

For best results, follow these steps:
Set up the new site

Review our guidelines for moving your
site to a new domain. Set up your
content on your new domain, then make
sure all internal links point to the
new domain. Redirect all traffic from
the old site

Use a 301 redirect to permanently
redirect the pages on your old site to
your new site. This tells users and
search engines that your site has
permanently moved. Ask webmasters to
update their links to point to your
new domain and make sure incoming
links to your old site are redirected
correctly using the 301 redirects.

Add your new site to Webmaster Tools

Make sure you have added and verified
your new domain.

Tell us the URL of your new domain

Your account doesn't contain any sites
we can use for a change of address.
Add and verify the new site, then try
again.

After submitting the change of
address, check your Webmaster Tools
data periodically to see if your new
site has been crawled and indexed (if
you have a Sitemap, one way to
determine this is by checking Sitemap
details for the new site to see how
many of the pages have been crawled
and indexed).


I would not presume that google will or will not sandbox it. Do you have sites / pages with google trust that you can link to if from? I suspect the reason I don't know that much about the sandbox is because I always link to new sites from established content. However, sandbox rules may vary on subject material.

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