Hello All,
I'm badly stuck in a dilemma and unable to come to a decision.
Here is the problem. I have two domains based on the same niche and
targets the same keywords as well, say Site1.com and
Site2.co.uk are to
two domains. Site1 is an older domain with lots of backlinks build
across the pages but ranks low for certain generic keywords in
Google.co.uk, whereas
Site2.co.uk comparatively has much fewer
backlinks, has a very low exposure over the web, but the keywords are
doing great in
Google.co.uk SERPs.
So, I was thinking of forwarding/ setting a 301 redirect for the domain
(
Site2.co.uk) to the relevant product pages of Site1.com. My question
here is, would the top ranking keywords for
Site2.co.uk pass over
benefits to Site1.com in the longer/shorter run ? Would redirecting the
pages of
Site2.co.uk that are ranking high in SERPs still retain those
positions ?
Note: - The two domain names are entirely different.
- Site1.com is more important to me since its now an established brand.
I need to take a decision by Monday morning and give directions based on it. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.