Webmasters Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for webmasters. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
I configured 301 redirect to another URL, thus moving all backlink authority to the new URL.
The question is if I disable 301 redirect and start serving content from the old location do I gain backlink authority back to the old URL from the SEO perspective? How long does it take? What happens to the authority of the page which the original page was initially redirecting to?
From an SEO standpoint, such reversals send mixed signals to search engines. You can never predict delays. You can be almost sure of ranking fluctuations at least in the short term. Below is a quote from Moz. (Reference: Can You Reverse A 301 Redirect?)
301-redirects take time to process, and reversing them (or changing signals in any major way) often takes even more time. Be prepared for those delays, and prepare your stakeholders. You may see ranking flux during this time period. Most of the time, it will pass fairly quickly, but reversals tend to get messy.
