Comments on: How to Maintain Rankings After a Redesign http://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ross Dunnhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-28124 Ross Dunn Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:01:38 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-28124 Hi there Tom, yes you will still get link juice but unless the new site's internal URL architecture matches the previous site there will be many broken links and link juice will be lost. If you direct the last domain only to the home page of your new site then you will effectively redirect every old URL on the old site to one page; not great if you want to maintain other long tail rankings from internal pages. Hi there Tom, yes you will still get link juice but unless the new site’s internal URL architecture matches the previous site there will be many broken links and link juice will be lost. If you direct the last domain only to the home page of your new site then you will effectively redirect every old URL on the old site to one page; not great if you want to maintain other long tail rankings from internal pages.

]]> By: Tom Thomashttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-28029 Tom Thomas Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:27:40 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-28029 Thanks for the realy helpful blog. Will you still get link juice if you just forward your old domain to your new domain via your server. Thanks for the realy helpful blog. Will you still get link juice if you just forward your old domain to your new domain via your server.

]]> By: David Allenhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-27705 David Allen Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:27:36 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-27705 Hi There Thanks for the in-depth blog on 301 redirection. This is a very useful website I will be letting all my friends how have this same problem know about this blog. I hope I dont lose any page ranking!Thanks again David Allen Hi There
Thanks for the in-depth blog on 301 redirection.
This is a very useful website I will be letting all my friends how have this same problem know about this blog.
I hope I dont lose any page ranking!

Thanks again David Allen

]]> By: Ross Dunnhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-26784 Ross Dunn Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:22:31 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-26784 Hi there, I would definitely 301 redirect the lower ranking site to the one with higher rankings. There is no point in keeping them both active with the duplicate content negatives which abound these days. Hi there, I would definitely 301 redirect the lower ranking site to the one with higher rankings. There is no point in keeping them both active with the duplicate content negatives which abound these days.

]]> By: Physicianhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-26702 Physician Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:07:43 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-26702 Let's say you have 2 sites PR3 about the same content, little different structure. Would you 301 redirect or use the lower ranking one for links to the other? Let’s say you have 2 sites PR3 about the same content, little different structure. Would you 301 redirect or use the lower ranking one for links to the other?

]]> By: Ross Dunnhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-24285 Ross Dunn Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:35:32 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-24285 Hi Yogesh, 301 redirects are a perfect way to conduct such a redirect. As for writing a code for multiple redirects... that depends on the pages to be redirected and the flexibility of your site & server. If you need consultation please let me know and we can set some time to help. Hi Yogesh, 301 redirects are a perfect way to conduct such a redirect. As for writing a code for multiple redirects… that depends on the pages to be redirected and the flexibility of your site & server. If you need consultation please let me know and we can set some time to help.

]]> By: yogeshhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-24067 yogesh Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:30:28 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-24067 i want to permanant redirect multiple pages to new url .301 redirection is a negative point for seo?..how to write code for multiple redirect page.... i want to permanant redirect multiple pages to new url .301 redirection is a negative point for seo?..how to write code for multiple redirect page….

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Anonymous Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:43:00 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-1872 Hi,<br/>We have a site that we recently re-designed and it has a new domain name and is on it's own web host account. We thought we can just forward the old domain to the new one and the SEO would be fine since it is remaining on that server. What do you think? Hi,
We have a site that we recently re-designed and it has a new domain name and is on it’s own web host account. We thought we can just forward the old domain to the new one and the SEO would be fine since it is remaining on that server. What do you think?

]]> By: Vanguardhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1871 Vanguard Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-1871 Yea, thanks for this insight! You mention that even if we do use the 301, there is a chance of a drop in SEO. I'll be changing my site completely, new content, new directory structure, probably adding a CMS, and changing the navigation. What are your thoughts about running the old site along the new for a couple of months, until the new site is fully up to speed? Would that help? Thanks again for your insights. Yea, thanks for this insight! You mention that even if we do use the 301, there is a chance of a drop in SEO. I’ll be changing my site completely, new content, new directory structure, probably adding a CMS, and changing the navigation. What are your thoughts about running the old site along the new for a couple of months, until the new site is fully up to speed? Would that help? Thanks again for your insights.

]]> By: The Pokerkeephttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2007/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 The Pokerkeep Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:00 +0000 http://dev.stepforth.com/blog/how-to-maintain-rankings-after-a-redesign.php#comment-1870 Great advice... wish I had read this before making major changes. It cost me a drop of 2 PR and I had half my site de-indexed. It's beginning to recover now... back on page one for some relevant terms in GOOGLE.<br/><br/>Keep up the good work!!<br/>The Pokerkeep Great advice… wish I had read this before making major changes. It cost me a drop of 2 PR and I had half my site de-indexed. It’s beginning to recover now… back on page one for some relevant terms in GOOGLE.

Keep up the good work!!
The Pokerkeep

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