Giving New Site the URL of an Active Older Site
I currently have two sites.
1. Website A. My old site (I'll call it http://www.bigtree.com), which I would like to keep published online, even if it is dormant.
2. Website B. My newer mobile-ready site (I'll call it http://www.treesprout.com) which employs responsive design.
I'd like to replace Website B's URL with that of Website A, but keep all of the content from Website A intact, and prevent data/pages from being lost. I'd like to give Website A a NEW URL root name, if that's the solution.
My reasoning for wanting Website A's URL to be Website B's URL: I currently use a permanent redirect on Website A so that viewers immediately go to Website B. I've done this so far until I figure out how to give Website B the URL of Website A without losing Website A's content and structure. But pages of Website A are still SEO'd in Google with the redirect. I think Google is confused as to how to rank my page(s) since there's a redirect. My ranking has gone down a tad bit for the URL and keywords I use for both sites.
How do I go about resolving this? I hope this all makes sense.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much, in advance!
1. Website A. My old site (I'll call it http://www.bigtree.com), which I would like to keep published online, even if it is dormant.
2. Website B. My newer mobile-ready site (I'll call it http://www.treesprout.com) which employs responsive design.
I'd like to replace Website B's URL with that of Website A, but keep all of the content from Website A intact, and prevent data/pages from being lost. I'd like to give Website A a NEW URL root name, if that's the solution.
My reasoning for wanting Website A's URL to be Website B's URL: I currently use a permanent redirect on Website A so that viewers immediately go to Website B. I've done this so far until I figure out how to give Website B the URL of Website A without losing Website A's content and structure. But pages of Website A are still SEO'd in Google with the redirect. I think Google is confused as to how to rank my page(s) since there's a redirect. My ranking has gone down a tad bit for the URL and keywords I use for both sites.
How do I go about resolving this? I hope this all makes sense.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much, in advance!
