Nervous about redesign of my website

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by clickalot, Feb 13, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I'd like to get some opinions from knowledgeable people. I've been wanting to do re-design of my website. At the moment, all the files are in the root:
    www.mydomin.com/index.php
    www.mydomin.com/review.php
    www.mydomin.com/contact.php and so on.

    I want to put them in a sub-folder for an obvious reason:
    www.mydomin.com/my_collection/index.php

    BUT I'm afraid that I'm going to fall from No.2 position :eek:
    What would be the best practice in this case. I mean, at some point, we all need to update, re-launch a website!?

    Is Redirect 301 the best way?

    very anxiously....
    *click*
     
    clickalot, Feb 13, 2009 IP
  2. mahendra rajeshirke

    mahendra rajeshirke Active Member

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    you cant loose ur ranking when do u redirect ur url to another address
     
    mahendra rajeshirke, Feb 13, 2009 IP
  3. geoiss2004

    geoiss2004 Guest

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    yes i've heard that 301 redirects are the best way to tell the search engines that a page has permanently moved. i am redeveloping an ecommerce site which has excellent rankings, so i'm trying not to lose them!
     
    geoiss2004, Feb 13, 2009 IP
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    vishenda Peon

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    I use 301s and the pages maintained their site standings
     
    vishenda, Feb 13, 2009 IP
  5. clickalot

    clickalot Peon

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    ok great! Thanks for the comfirmation everyone :)
     
    clickalot, Feb 13, 2009 IP