303 page moved - how long before I should delete the old page?

Discussion in 'Google' started by generaltomfoolery, Nov 24, 2006.

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  1. #1
    (Sorry, I meant 301, not 303)

    I've restructured a site and the search engines are of course picking up the old pages still.

    2 questions:

    Is this the right code to use on the now non existent pages:

    <%@ Language=VBScript %>
    <%
    ' Permanent redirection
    Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"
    Response.AddHeader "Location", "new page address"
    Response.End
    %>

    And secondly, how long do I need to leave these pages in place before I can delete them to tidy up my site files? (roughly?)


    Jk
     
    generaltomfoolery, Nov 24, 2006 IP
  2. cellulartrader

    cellulartrader Peon

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    the code is right... once you see all the new pages are crawled by search engines you can remove them.. as well as fro your news pages to get index you can also use google sitemap
     
    cellulartrader, Nov 24, 2006 IP
  3. generaltomfoolery

    generaltomfoolery Guest

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    Thank you.

    I've submitted the sitemap to G, and will wait for the new pages to appear on the search engines. Once they appear I will delete all old pages and ignore search engine results showing my old pages?


    jk
     
    generaltomfoolery, Nov 24, 2006 IP