Comments on: Sk-rt Social Network Rebrands as Kirtsy, Fails to Follow SEO Best Practices http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/ Search Engine Optimization Company Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:49:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Hartzer http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 Bill Hartzer Thu, 15 May 2008 16:35:57 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/#comment-2269 Missy, if you still have access to the old domain name then you would want to set up a 301 Permanent Redirect from the old URLs to the new URls. That should fix the problem. Missy, if you still have access to the old domain name then you would want to set up a 301 Permanent Redirect from the old URLs to the new URls. That should fix the problem.

]]> By: Missy http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-2268 Missy Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:56 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/#comment-2268 This would most likely explain why my recent blog platform transfer screwed my Pagerank, Alexa, and god knows what else. I recently transferred my small blog (Groovy Chicago) from blogger.com to Wordpress. Now my stats all sit at zero. Jeez! Can a 301 Perm Re-direct still be instituted, or is all lost? Missy. This would most likely explain why my recent blog platform transfer screwed my Pagerank, Alexa, and god knows what else.

I recently transferred my small blog (Groovy Chicago) from blogger.com to Wordpress. Now my stats all sit at zero. Jeez!

Can a 301 Perm Re-direct still be instituted, or is all lost?

Missy.

]]> By: Bill Hartzer http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Bill Hartzer Thu, 15 May 2008 16:32:04 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/#comment-2267 Thanks for your explanation and comments. The problem is that there’s really no reason to ever use a meta redirect to redirect visitors from one page to another or from one site to another; the search engines have problems with that type of redirect. Because Sk-rt.com has so many high quality links (over 1000) to its home page, even putting up a meta redirect for a short period of time will cause problems. I understand the idea of putting a “splash page” on Sk-rt.com to tell users about the new domain name. However, a better choice would have been to use the 301 Permanent Redirect and use Javascript (or PHP) to identify the referrer. Based on the referrer you can have a similar popup come up, explaining the change. Another option would be to run a 728×90 banner ad at the top of the site for a period of time explaining the new branding as Kirtsy. I will be definitely be following the search results to see how the search engines handle the redirects. Thanks for your explanation and comments. The problem is that there’s really no reason to ever use a meta redirect to redirect visitors from one page to another or from one site to another; the search engines have problems with that type of redirect.

Because Sk-rt.com has so many high quality links (over 1000) to its home page, even putting up a meta redirect for a short period of time will cause problems.

I understand the idea of putting a “splash page” on Sk-rt.com to tell users about the new domain name. However, a better choice would have been to use the 301 Permanent Redirect and use Javascript (or PHP) to identify the referrer. Based on the referrer you can have a similar popup come up, explaining the change. Another option would be to run a 728×90 banner ad at the top of the site for a period of time explaining the new branding as Kirtsy.

I will be definitely be following the search results to see how the search engines handle the redirects.

]]> By: Bob Smithwick http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Bob Smithwick Thu, 15 May 2008 16:31:02 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/sk-rt-social-network-rebrands-as-kirtsy-fails-to-follow-seo-best-practices/#comment-2266 Hey Bill- Thanks for your insightful piece. I worked with the kirtsy (formerly sk*rt) chicks on the switchover and appreciate the best practices you pointed out. One comment — you mention that we did a permanent redirect on the posts, but I wanted to clarify that we did a permanent redirect on all resources except the home page. On that we implemented the meta-refresh and chose that method due to the very short amount of time that it will be out there. Our plan is to replace it with a full redirect in a couple days, but you’re probably right about how that could have been more effective. Thanks again for your attention and recommendations, and best regards. Hey Bill- Thanks for your insightful piece. I worked with the kirtsy (formerly sk*rt) chicks on the switchover and appreciate the best practices you pointed out. One comment — you mention that we did a permanent redirect on the posts, but I wanted to clarify that we did a permanent redirect on all resources except the home page. On that we implemented the meta-refresh and chose that method due to the very short amount of time that it will be out there. Our plan is to replace it with a full redirect in a couple days, but you’re probably right about how that could have been more effective. Thanks again for your attention and recommendations, and best regards.

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