If I rewrite the URLs do I need to redirect the old versions too?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by everett sizemor, Aug 9, 2006.

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    Here is what I am going to ask our programmer to do:
    1. Rewrite all dynamic URLs to get rid of variable characters
    2. Redirect the old version to the new version


    Are there any looping issues I need to be concerned with?
    Is it even necessary to do a 301 on the old URL if I am rewriting it before it even hits the server?

    Details:
    IIS Server using ISAPI for rewrites
    MS Commerce platform
    SQL database

    Thousands of product and category pages
    Thousands of pages indexed
    Thousands of incoming links
    Poor rankings
     
    everett sizemor, Aug 9, 2006 IP