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URL change - delete pages or not

Discussion in 'Websites' started by -=adi=-, May 8, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Hi.
    I plan to change some page's urls. The problem is that those pages are indexed and cached by google and i think that if I change the URL these "new" pages will be considered duplicated content and will not appear in google.

    What should I do ?
    Should I delete the pages indexed by google ( i mean to delete them from google) before change the URL ?

    Thanks for answers. :)
     
    -=adi=-, May 8, 2005 IP
  2. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    Why not put up replacement for page A, call replacment A', and do a 301 redirect from A to new name A'?

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, May 8, 2005 IP
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  3. ResaleBroker

    ResaleBroker Active Member

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    I agree with Smyrl, redirect the old page(s) to the new page(s) via 301 redirect. This redirect will prevent the "duplicate content" issues and you won't lose the visitors who would otherwise get a 404 error from those pages you would have deleted.
     
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  4. -=adi=-

    -=adi=- Peon

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    Aha. Thanks very much for answer. :)

    But..still i have some questions. :p

    After using the 301 redirect and google cacheing the new pages, can i remove the 301 redirect because google indexed the new url ?

    And another question.
    I have 20 pages with duplicate content. I plan to rewrite them and delete the ones with duplicate content. The new pages will have different url.

    I must delete the 20 pages from google or leave them since i write the new ones with different url ? (the 20 pages with duplicate content will be deleted on my site)

    Thanks again
     
    -=adi=-, May 9, 2005 IP
  5. -=adi=-

    -=adi=- Peon

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    Anyone ?
    Any opinion about this ?
     
    -=adi=-, May 10, 2005 IP
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    SERPalert Guest

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    Personally I would leave the 301 in place forever....old links may be pointing to it afterall...
     
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  7. alvinhan

    alvinhan Peon

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    Agreed. Just leave the 301 redirect there. It doesn't making any harm sitting there.
     
    alvinhan, May 11, 2005 IP
  8. palespyder

    palespyder Psycho Ninja

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    I did this about 6 months ago and lost no rankings for anything. Went from .php to .html and just did 301's and all was good.
     
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  9. alvinhan

    alvinhan Peon

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    Allow me to add in additional.

    The 301 redirect is even useful if you change your directory. I have done it before.
     
    alvinhan, May 11, 2005 IP
  10. frankm

    frankm Active Member

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    You should leave the 301 on your site. Not only google stores your links, maybe some bookmarked a page or put up a link on another site to your pages. And a 301 redirection script will not take up that much diskspace :)
     
    frankm, May 11, 2005 IP
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    Design Agent Peon

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    I have just done this to a site in my sig 301 redirect, then remove the old content. Leave the 301 and wait for G to pick up your new pages. Def delete the old pages.
     
    Design Agent, May 11, 2005 IP
  12. -=adi=-

    -=adi=- Peon

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    Ooooo, thanks a lot for your answers. :)

    Still one last question:

    I have many pages that i want to change. Should I place a 301 for every page ? (i don't think that i can grup them)

    It's wrong to use multiple 301 redirects?
     
    -=adi=-, May 11, 2005 IP
  13. frankm

    frankm Active Member

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    No, it should be :)
    if you got a 'normal' site with directories like /global/index.html
    then a fetch for "/global" will allways result in a 301 redirect to "/global/".
    If Google or Yahoo punishes you for having 301 redirects, it would be punishing all kinds of site world wide (that do not even know they have 301's :) -- that's why I say: you can use 301's :)
     
    frankm, May 11, 2005 IP
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    Design Agent Peon

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