jakegotmail
msg:749694 | 12:46 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
we are in the same boat and would love some input on this ... should we 301 all the old pages to the new urls - or maybe 404? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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cellularnews
msg:749695 | 12:49 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
When you say "Link structure" - are you only affecting how pages link to each other, and not the file names themselves. If just the link structure - then the impact will depend on how do you it frankly. Do it will, and the impact will be postive - do it badly, and well...
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4string
msg:749696 | 1:06 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Do NOT change the url at all! Don't 301 to a new url. (Unless you want to lose all your traffic for some time.) Changing how you link to them on your site (navigating to the links) shouldn't kill you.
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g1smd
msg:749697 | 1:14 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
"Cool URIs don't change" -- Tim Berners-Lee.
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longen
msg:749698 | 1:44 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I would avoid 404's - google will probably leave 13K dead pages in the index, causing havoc for years to come.
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johan
msg:749699 | 2:03 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Depends if SE effect the bottom line. If you have a quality custom 404 page with search box etc it should not matter too much. You will lose some deep backlinks links but quality sites are rarely effected.
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hunderdown
msg:749700 | 2:47 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I have a much smaller site, but had to reorganize recently. Added a layer of sub-category pages off the main index page. Traffic jumped immediately--the search engines and visitors both like it. I did not change any URLs--the sub-category pages are new, and all the other filenames have stayed the same.
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kuntek
msg:749701 | 3:13 pm on Oct 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
The site is compleatly reorganize and links will be difrent (human friendly) as before.
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