Preserve Google ranking - link redirects
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- Rakesh
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A client has requested a site redesign and changes to the structure of the site. Once I change the site structure existing links for the site will change.
I need to preserve their google ranking and ensure links into the site from other sites continue to work until they have time to update external link backs.
How can this be done?
I am thinking redirects but I dont know enough about Joomla to be able to confirm I will do this for them. Suggestions welcome please...
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- Rakesh
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I guess my previous post was rather long. This is what I want to achieve;
1. Use SEF - I know this part
2. Once I turn on SEF how to I redirect the old dynamic links to the new SEF ones so that search engine links will still work?
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- Ben Lee
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This code should go in your htaccess file under any part that says "Rewrite Engine On".
It can be it's own section and you an even comment it out so you know where you added it like so:###### Redirects for new urls
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- Ben Lee
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I think I messed up in my first suggestion. Here's an updated suggestion:
Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.example.com/newpage.html
Here's the page I got it from, just scroll down to the "To Move a single page" example:
http://www.webweaver.nu/html-tips/web-redirection.shtml
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- prim
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- Did you rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess?
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