asked on Are URL redirects the best way to deal with Google and moved pages?
We migrated our site from straight-up file-based system to Drupal. Unfortunately, many links in Google point to our old site. If I search for Murray Richtel, for example, I get a hit for this address (the old URL).
http://www.jaginc.com/pages/richtel.php
Murray now lives here:
http://jaginc.com/arbiters/mrichtel
This issue exists for many of the pages in the site. Do we handle the issue with simple URL redirects?
http://www.jaginc.com/pages/richtel.php
Murray now lives here:
http://jaginc.com/arbiters/mrichtel
This issue exists for many of the pages in the site. Do we handle the issue with simple URL redirects?
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I agree with mplungian. Google needs to be told where those pages go, or you'll lose their rank altogether. A 301 is the appropriate way to do this, and Google handles them internally.
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Great suggestions. Thanks!