: Need advice on 301 redirect from hyphenated domain to I have been an online service since 2005 and have gained some good ranking on Google and other search engines. My domain name is for

@Tiffany637

Posted in: #301Redirect #Domains #GoogleSearch

I have been an online service since 2005 and have gained some good ranking on Google and other search engines.

My domain name is for example is: smart-service.co.uk.
I have recently got hold of smartservice.co.uk (example) and would prefer this domain as it looks a lot cleaner, more professional and less spammy.

The website itself is professional and has many corporate customers and I feel the non-hyphenated name would look like we are more serious and not doing business by accident on a second choice domain. The domain has PR6 and Domain Authority of 70.

I have read up a lot about doing 301 redirects but everyone has different opinions on whether it hurts rankings much or not. At the same time I feel I have a lot to gain switching over and would don't want to invest more money on SEO on the hyphenated domain if I end up doing it in future.

Also another thing to note is that the hyphon domain age is 8 years whilst the non-hyphon is only 4 years, does this matter?

It's a bit of a dilemma and wish to have some other opinions on what I should do.

Thanks!
Aki

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!