Changing Permalink Structure - Worried About Affect on SEO

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by bad_bob00, Sep 6, 2012.

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    Hi guys,

    My wordpress permalink structure is set like so:

    And has been for many many years. I don't want to lose SEO by changing it to the new structure I want, which is this:


    Any idea how I can change it over without losing anything in the search engine, or losing posts etc?


    Thanks for any advice
     
    bad_bob00, Sep 6, 2012 IP
  2. Devtard

    Devtard Notable Member

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    Hello, add this to your .htaccess file, that should create a redirect from your old permalink structure to http://www.footyblog.net/sample-post/:

    RedirectMatch 301 ^/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})/(.*)$ http://footyblog.net/$3
    Code (markup):
     
    Devtard, Sep 6, 2012 IP
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    xaer8 Active Member

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    Yeah. Agreed with @Devtart. You can do that by using .htaccess. But it will surely impact your seo value.
     
    xaer8, Sep 8, 2012 IP
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    Devtard Notable Member

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    Well, I do not think that it will do much damage. I read a rumor that part of the PageRank disappears when you use 301 redirection but I am not sure if that is true.
     
    Devtard, Sep 8, 2012 IP