Comments on: Toys.com Loses Google Ranking

By: GuaranteedRankings

GuaranteedRankings — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:22:18 +0000

Redirects (302 temporary or 301 permanent) are easy to overlook…and when it comes to stable SEO, it turns out to be one of the most important factors. A simple 301 redirect would have helped Toys.com avoid the ranking slippage.

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Toys ‘R’ Us Relaunches Toys.com Without Search Rankings - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:20:00 +0000

[...] its newly purchased ($5.1M) domain name Toys.com to ToysRUs.com. This resulted in the company losing its search rankings for Toys.com. The story was viewed 30,000 [...]

By: Toys.com Shows Toys’R’Us Are Domain Name Geniuses (Update: Domain Name Goofs) « widaca

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:33:20 +0000

[...] That assumption was faulty. Domain Name Wire reports that the rankings are gone. [...]

By: Thoughts on the Toys "R" Us Acquisition of Toys.com | domain names |

Fri, 08 May 2009 18:35:28 +0000

[...] The auction was closely watched by the industry, though a number of popular blogs (click here and here) focused on how the deal would affect search engine optimization (SEO), which is, at best, of [...]

By: edwinsdesignlab

edwinsdesignlab — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:32:56 +0000

It seems like the damages are under control…but yes there where some opportunities left aside

By: mattt* / URL Shorteners Suck. Roll Your Own.

mattt* / URL Shorteners Suck. Roll Your Own. — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:06:05 +0000

[...] of the end-user, but they keep a closed loop on valuable analytics. And as long as you make sure to redirect intelligently, you can build it right on top of your existing site without sacrificing [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Top Domain News Stories of March 2009 - The Domain Industry's News Source

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:58:46 +0000

[...] Toys.com Loses Google Ranking – thanks in part to getting on the front page of Digg, this story about Toys.com losing its ranking [...]