I have a fairly large website built in regular html. I want to install Wordpress and integrate all content into it. I know I can use 301 redirects to guide Google and other engines to the new content, although will this work? I am so nervous my site is going to sink. Right now it receives over 3,000 uniques daily and has many Top10 rankings in my niche. I want to use Wordpress for ease of page creation, plugins and PHP capabilities. I have had good success with other websites using Wordpress. Please throw some suggestions, and possibly the actual experiences if possible. Thanks!
301 will work fine, but you have to change every single page to new url, wordpress-based page. Main page (domain) will not change position at top keywords.
Thanks Intruder2600, I figured I would need to do that. I am just nervous I will suddenly lose rankings. I feel like I am taking a big risk. My site and domain were created in 2002, and I have good reputation, so I should be fine. Hope so! Has anyone else done this before? I found a couple decent posts, but nothing too special.
Hi I did the same think with my site that is only couple of months only. Even though i used 301 redirect, my old links are dropped from the result and the new ones are not added yet. I hope they are added soon Thanks Sdevil
I totally agree with that, and done this forwarding a couple of times ago using the .htaccess L 301 redirection, while the old PR value might take up to two updates to transfer entirely to the new domain as well if there is any PR updates coming in the future ??? Good luck and keep us updated.