Search Engines

[JWJ]

... or Google, to be more specific.

I have recently copied my web site to a new isp and I have inserted "relocated" warnings on my old site pointing to the new one. It was my expectation that gradually, over time, the new site would be 'found' by Google (and others) and that my hits would slowly increase. I also expected that hits to my old site would probably remain fairly constant.

WRONG!

One day Google found my new site and hits to my old site have almost stopped. It's as if Google has figured out that one replaces the other. Is this what everyone else would have expected?

John

[webado]

There's been some talk that Google disregards duplicate sites.
If your old site simply redirects to the new one, Google may in fact ignore it and it will drop in ranking. You'll have to wait until the new one earns its own ranking based on links to itself rather than to the old site.

Or words to that effect :lol: