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What is the best way to do this so that the newly renamed pages contin
- Thread starter IEAN
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Hi
Not tried, but in search engine documentations usually this is the answer :
[ol]
[li]Move/rename the files[/li]
[li]Keep the links in pointing to the old files[/li]
[li]Set your web server to redirect the request to the new location by sending 301 Moved Permanently[/li]
[/ol]
No guarantee to keep your ranking, but most likely will suffer as less as possible.
Feherke.
Not tried, but in search engine documentations usually this is the answer :
[ol]
[li]Move/rename the files[/li]
[li]Keep the links in pointing to the old files[/li]
[li]Set your web server to redirect the request to the new location by sending 301 Moved Permanently[/li]
[/ol]
No guarantee to keep your ranking, but most likely will suffer as less as possible.
Feherke.
ChrisHirst
IS-IT--Management
Why do you want to rename the pages etc?
Chris.
Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Chris.
Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Seems like strange advice - if you have to change the URL of a page surely it makes sense to use the new one?
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Hi
How else you can transmit the information about the moving to a robot ? Otherwise your site will be present in the search results with some 404 documents.
Beside this, you are somehow right, Chris. Correctly would be :
Keep the links pointing to the old files for awhile, until all the robots which usually crawl your site got the information
Feherke.
How else you can transmit the information about the moving to a robot ? Otherwise your site will be present in the search results with some 404 documents.
Beside this, you are somehow right, Chris. Correctly would be :
Keep the links pointing to the old files for awhile, until all the robots which usually crawl your site got the information
Feherke.
No 404s if you
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Your redirect needs to be in place to ensure that incoming links still work, your own links can be safely changed. The robots will look after themselves.
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Hi
Hmm... Thinking again, you may have right. I will review my thoughts.
Feherke.
Hmm... Thinking again, you may have right. I will review my thoughts.
Feherke.
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