arnarn - 9:37 pm on Oct 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

tedster,

Thanks so much for your suggestions. The link on "URL structure redesign" was great (I do and had used the site search but b.c. the terminology used in my search was not the greatest, I'd missed that important thread!).

And, regarding that thread, I think jdMorgan's approach (#3208327)to doing things in stages makes the most sense and is probably the way we will go.

However, Decius (#3208616) seems to take an almost opposite approach in suggesting

... you should htaccess the site to be ready for the new urls, and then 301 all the old ones to the new ones and hope Google will pick it up ASAP without much of a burp. Anything is is far more risky imo.

Any comments in favor of either approach? Is G capable of dealing with each approach equally well?