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Redirection problem:
we know that google does not like us redirecting from say:
www.site2.com -> www.site1.com
www.site3.com -> www.site1.com
www.site4.com -> www.site1.com
etc...
but is it ok to redirect within your own domain?
For example, we have redeveloped our whole site and want to catch visitors coming from google to specific pages that will not exist anymore .
I have a list of solutions but do not know which is the best, if any will get us penialised etc.
If i give my list of solutions, please could peeps comment and let me know of any times this has worked / failed for you etc.
solutions
A) Leave the old site intact, add a big link on each page informing the user that they are on the old site and could they come to the new homepage. < thanks highwayman :-) > + block old pages with from google with robots.txt
B) Use apache functionality to rewrite urls or force a new request. ( mod rewrite + mod alias ) ( is this classed as a redirect by googlebot? )
C) Just delete all the old pages and catch them all with a 404 handler informing the user that it is a new site and to use the new navigation. ( is this classed as a redirect in the eyes of googlebot? )
Thanks all,
Marcus
P.S. If anyone knows the difference between mod_rewrite and mod_allias and would like to help me clear a few things up in my mind could they email or private msg me. thnxs
