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Redirects vs. non existant pages

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Design1, Aug 28, 2006.

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    I was curious if anyone had any luck with redirects. I know there are plenty of different ways to have a redirect 301, 302, javascript, etc. etc. etc. I have a site I've used variations of this on and I'm sure the site is pentalized for one reason or another. But I wonder, is it due to this or something else? I have not done anything I would consider as spam, and no other changes were made that were this drastic. I pretty much restructured the site. So I have to wonder, should i just drop all the old pages that are indexed in google and hope for a miracle (and make sure there are no magical hidden links anywhere within the site to the old pages) or should i just hope that things eventually even out?

    Thanks for your opinions :)
     
    Design1, Aug 28, 2006 IP
  2. csb

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    I would 301 as many as possible, and drop the rest. I'm facing the same issue myself.. It depends on how many pages you have to 301.
     
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    There are a LOT of valid reasons for redirects so you won't be penalized just because you have them.
     
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    I as well have used 301 redirects many times with great success. Try to avoid javascript redirects completely.
     
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    I suspect that using htaccess 301 redirects is the best way to go.
    The less you have to write there, the better, though.
     
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    I think I have to agree on this one because this work wonders for my sites.
    Use 310 redirects on htaccess. ;)
     
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    Thanks a ton for your replies! I'm wondering if maybe I don't have the code correct on my site. I used a .asp version of it, perhaps that is it. I would love to use the htaccess but unfortunately my server does not support that. I'm really wondering if im suffering some form of duplicate content with already cached pages that haven't been respidered and the new pages.

    One person mentioned to not use a javascript redirect and I do agree with that. However, I do have a site that uses one of those, but it is on an angelfire.com (realllllllllllllly old site originated there years ago!). I was curious if any of you had any better suggestions for a redirect from a site like that? It will never live on the angelfire site again all of its contents are on an established domain but still the PR and indexing for the old old page are showing.

    Thanks :)
     
    Design1, Aug 29, 2006 IP
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    If your webhost allows php, just do a php 301 redirect
     
    ascensions, Aug 30, 2006 IP
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    php, htaccess. As long as it's 301, it doesn't matter.
    And yes, agreed, avoid javascript and meta redirects.
     
    justtupeu, Aug 31, 2006 IP