Link Juice Lost?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by kevmacmeh, Feb 25, 2015.

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    Hi there,

    I removed "category" from all my wordpress URL's.

    For example:

    www.examplebrand.com / category /guns

    to

    www.examplebrand.com / guns

    Some of the backlinks have the URL with "category" in it. I have installed a plugin which redirects the 404s to the homepage. But what I want to know, will the power of the backlinks be affected by this?

    Thanks
     
    kevmacmeh, Feb 25, 2015 IP
  2. kevmacmeh

    kevmacmeh Well-Known Member

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    Can anyone help?
     
    kevmacmeh, Mar 11, 2015 IP
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    Franklin Hatchett Well-Known Member

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    No I don't think so.
     
    Franklin Hatchett, Mar 11, 2015 IP
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    Tedel Well-Known Member

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    Yes, you should not redirect 404s to the home page, because that exposes your site to a penalty. Redirect all the pages you modified to their new location using 301 redirects instead. It would be more work, but it is what you need to do.
     
    Tedel, Mar 11, 2015 IP
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    I ran into this problem a while back and I used this free tool: https://yoast.com/wp-content/permalink-helper.php and it really helped me.
     
    ITeachBlogging, Mar 11, 2015 IP