Changing site url

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by EXM, Dec 2, 2014.

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    Our site urls are now something like

    website.com/
    website.com/?dir=ContentFolder/Sub Folder&start=1

    Now we need to move it to

    website.com/subfolder1
    website.com/subfolder2


    Someone please let me know how can we do this change without any ranking effect.
    We are afraid of doing this change as all "/?dir=ContentFolder/Sub Folder&start=1"
    indexed pages will be redirected to main "website.com" and I am sure google don't like this kind of redirect :p
     
    EXM, Dec 2, 2014 IP
  2. patco

    patco Well-Known Member

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    If I were you, I would just do a 301 redirection and this should do the trick! :)
     
    patco, Dec 2, 2014 IP
  3. EXM

    EXM Well-Known Member

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    Patco That will just redirect all pages including index.php to index again and again!
    Maybe it will create a redirect circle.
     
    EXM, Dec 2, 2014 IP
  4. 1SEOcom

    1SEOcom Greenhorn

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    Google wouldn't mind if you redirected to the homepage if it was relevant.
     
    1SEOcom, Dec 11, 2014 IP