Robert_Charlton - 2:28 am on May 3, 2007 (gmt 0)

Let me ask a variation on this question...

When redirecting "index.html" to "/", would you wait until after Google has seen (or cached) the changed links in your nav, or would you apply the redirect as soon as the nav change is made?

My instinct had been to apply the redirect immediately, but I've discussed this with those who feel that, in this case, Google should see the changed link before the redirect.

Their thinking is that you don't want Google believing you're linking to one url of a page while you're redirecting to another. As Google already sees more than one url for the page, I assume the redirect timing isn't going to change the dupe issue, and that it's more a question of consistency in Google's eyes, if that's something Google weighs.

Thoughts?

[edited by: Robert_Charlton at 2:31 am (utc) on May 3, 2007]