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I recently changed my URL name. The previous URL was in place since 1997. My new URL fits my newly designed website better, and it made sense to change it. I am currently redirecting everyone from the old to the new. That said, this change has incurred some problems:
1. My old website still shows up all over the Internet.2. I have lost some page ranking due to the fact that my new URL/web address is not as popular.
Does anyone know how I can efficiently inform all these websites that my web address has changed? And in fact, get them to change it?
In addition, I’m now considering buying some link exchange software to help generate some new links to my new site. However, I’m unclear as to how I would incorporate the reciprocal links into my website. Does anyone know how this is generally handled? And, relatedly, do other sites generally bother to check if the link was indeed posted? And, lastly, realistically, does this sort of campaign really work? The software I’m considering is low enough priced, however, it most likely comes with a considerable amount of legwork I need to do, despite it’s ‘automation.’
Lastly, in the past, my old website just seemed to get picked up by all these web directories, and we gained thousands of links at a very slow pace; it all happened very naturally. However, now that I depend on my organic page rankings, I’m starting to think that changing the URL was a really bad idea. Does anyone know what I can do quickly gain link popularity?
Thanks to all in advance for any feedback. I have posted here before, and always found the information very insightful, and helpful for a non-techy!