301 info new domain

I created a new site on a new domain I did a 301 from the old domain index page and that re-directs to the new index page.

Should I delete the old site, all sub pages are still showing up in the search engines. What is the proper way to handle this?

No,, I would leave the old site up for at least a year. You want to make sure that the SERPs have changed before even considering deleting the old site.

If you can stand the hosting cost (which is minimal) you should leave it up for at least 2 years.

I would also recomend 301 redirecting the specific page to their new pages rather than just doing a top level 301.
This will give you more bennefit in the long run.

I agree with this recommendation, but when this is done, the "old pages" of the old web site can be removed as nobody will be able to see them anymore because of the redirections.

Jean-Luc

You said you redirected the index of the site. Was it only the index or the entire website?

You need to make sure that EVERY page on the old site has a home on the new site (as it were). otherwise any deep links that go to the old website will be lost to the wind for the new website.

Yes, keep the domain with the 301s intact.

Yes - delete the old pages - clean it up especially if you have a dynamic site because if it is an old drupal, Joomla or wordpress (or any dynamic site) it can still be cracked by hackers and used to run nasty scripts

If is just static html that's not a problem, you could leave that.

I always try and tidy things up

Why would you leave the old pages up if they're all 301'd to the new pages? It's not like people can actually view them anyway and the SERP is going to change whether you try to avoid it or not.

If you have the same content in two different places, aren't you running the risk of a dup content penalty? I would do what sandpeta is recommending, keep the old domain but delete all the old pages.