jdMorgan - 9:07 pm on Jun 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

> If I place a 301 from the old page pointing to the new page will it help bring in more traffic as before for the search red winged flying buggy things at the north pole.?

No, because you have removed the page. The page content is one of the factors that determines its ranking, with keywords in the URL playing only a minor part. So, you've removed the page's content and it therefore can't rank for the red-north variant basd on page content. The 301 will retain the PageRank passed to your original red-north page by the incoming links to the old URL, and the link-text used on those old backlinks will still make it possible for the new page to rank (although not as highly) for searches matching that link-text (which may or may not include the red-north keywords).

If you want to rank for "red winged flying buggy things at the north pole," then you should have a page about "red winged flying buggy things at the north pole."

Jim