Redirect PR

I have my forums at http://www.zikihideout.com/forums/ and have redirect set up on http://www.zikihideout.com/ to that url.Am I losing PR this way?

I'd prefer not having the 301 redirect forever. You could set-up a descriptive page about your site that links directly to your forum. In the absense of other links, your PageRank would still flow through to your forum.

However, for sites that are intended to host a forum only, I would always suggest running them at root. But - this is not something you want to change after indexing is underway and you have history on the domain.

Why don't you just have your forum URL in the ROOT directory instead of having it as a sub-folder since it's just a community forum? Seriously, there is no need for that unless you plan on making a front-page site.

Well I cannot change it now as I am already indexed that way

So I am losing PR?

Am I losing pagerank????

And is it possible to move my board to the root domain without any affect on my ranking?

*bump*

I would add something like vba or a blog or just even a basic html page that has info and links to your forums.. if your using vbseo on this site, you can add your archive links to the footer of the root page..


just my 2 cents

Eh but that is totally of topic

No, it isn't...

if you don't see how this is exactly what you should do to help yourself, then I have nothing else to say..

Originally Posted by Loco

I would add something like vba or a blog or just even a basic html page that has info and links to your forums.. if your using vbseo on this site, you can add your archive links to the footer of the root page..

Originally Posted by Ziki

I have my forums at Ziki's Hideout~The Hideout From Reality~vBulletin Modifications and Hacks - vBulletin Modifications and Hacks and have redirect set up on Ziki's Hideout~The Hideout From Reality~vBulletin Modifications and Hacks - vBulletin Modifications and Hacks to that url.Am I losing PR this way?

[SARCASM]Oh yeah I'm sorry it actually is on topic...[/SARCASM]

yes off course you are loosing PR,there is a non existing page between external links and your forums,
I was using similar redirection on my forums,serps were low and most pages were in supplements,things have been lot better since i moved the forums to root.

Originally Posted by Ziki

[SARCASM]Oh yeah I'm sorry it actually is on topic...[/SARCASM]

hey, I just posted what to do to help yourself.. if you don't appreciate my help, I wont bother ya anymore