(Entry was posted by Neil Cheesma on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/20/2017).

Is it safe to 301 a url?

If you move some content from your own website (as it was somewhat off-topic) to a second `hobby` website of yours - is it safe to 301 that url (if it has backlinks/bookmarks) or is it questionable to 301 to an `off-site` domain? and should then remove from index of first domain in wmt?

This question begins at 00:56:37 into the clip. Did this video clip play correctly? Watch this question on YouTube commencing at 00:56:37

Share on Twitter

Share on Facebook

YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Alan Bleiweiss: I`ve moved content when it was valid to do so for human reasons, regardless of SEO, and set up 301 redirects just to be respectful of content discoverability, which happens to also be good for SEO. The problem happens when it`s more than just one or a couple pages, then it can be a problem (though is not always a problem, because different circumstances).