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Multiple Domain name

I have a customer that been on the web for some time. They have bought a domain name that describe it product, and a second one more up to date. Now that company has evolved to something more general and has bought a 3rd domain - something like:

  1. vegetables.com (2005)
  2. ecolo-vegetables.com (2006)
  3. good-health-eating.com (2009)

Here are my questions:

  1. What is the bet way to get all those domains under the new name?
  2. The new name is unknown to search engine and other linker, I don't want to lose the ranking, so what is the best way to keep that ranking?
  3. Can I point URLs to the "best" ranked domain?
  4. What append to the backlinker? they link to which domain?
  5. The new domain has a "-" in the name... which is really good to SEO but a little unnatural to type, should I get the no dash version too?

n.b. It make sense to redirect all the domain under the same, but will you choose the oldest (with modrewrite) or the newest but with no life under it's belt (so it doesn't exist anywhere in search engine)

another p.s. Some will tell me to redirect with .htaccess, but should I change the dns to point to the last .com. which solution is better

Solution

  • Are all three sites "Different" or do they point to the same website/content?

    1. Use 301 Redirects to redirect your old domain names to the new domain names. If all domains are pointing to the same website, make sure you also use the Canonical Tag on all your pages.
    2. If you 301 Redirect from the old domain names / urls, your rankings will be transfered to your new domain/pages. (the only exception to this may be any extra points you get from embedded keywords in your old domain names).
    3. You should point old urls to your "new" urls/domain. Rankings and link juice should/will be transfered to the new urls/domain.
    4. Ideally all your backlinks should update their links to the new domain, but it doesn't really matter. If the old domains are 301 redirecting to the new domain anyway, point to the old domain is just like pointing to the new domain.
    5. Definitely get the no-dash version of the domain as well and just have it 301 redirect to the actual domain you want to target.