Hi Our developer wants to simplify his task by moving the contents of three pages into one by using asp.net controls. The original content will be hidden behind tabs which when clicked on will show the appropriate content. Assuming I set up 301 redirects on the old pages will moving the content of 3 pages into 1 page help or hinder my SEO efforts? My line of thought was that with three separate pages I can use 3 separate title, meta and <h1> tags to target different keywords. Are there any benefits or negatives by putting everything in 1 page? Any comments? Thanks
Meta tags and descriptions don't do much for your SERP position. H1 tags can hopefully stay. Only the title will remain a problem... This could be a little problem, but choosing your title wisely, may solve it. How will you be directing the old pages to the new one? Is he going to check for a programmer in the url and then show the appropriate tab? If so, google will see three pages with exact the same content and that may harm you a little. It's not an ideal situation.