marleyman - 12:35 pm on Aug 12, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hi Newbie here:

I have been asked to redesign a 450 page website packed with content - some good but most of it packed there by the original webmaster with hopes that it would generate traffic. The website owners have been happy with their traffic and people finding them thru Search Engines, but they are NOT happy with their crazy - HUGE - disorganized website.

I am trying desperatly to weed thru the site's site map in order to figure out what to "throw away", but I am terrified that the pages I don't include in the new site will damage the website's traffic and search engine ranking.

How can I redesign an ENORMOUS 450 page website without loosing traffic and search engine ranking?

Keeping all 450 pages would be nuts right?

Thanks for any light you can shed on this problem :-(