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I rank #1 on [search engine] out of 1.4 million for "[keyword phrase]". This is from a page that I designed before I had an official blog and (hate to admit) I was just cutting and pasting HTML from other blogs for spiderfood until I could get my real blog set up. I worked daily cut and pasting those damn links. The page HTML is not clean, it does not validate and can't be syndicated BUT it does rank #1 on [search engine].
So now I finally have a REAL blog. Paid a top WordPress developer to design it and it's SUPER clean, validates and should get even better ranking.
So here's my dilemma. The old page was named /example.html. The new blog is on a subdomain. The design of each page is slightly different so it kinda clashes if you look at one after the other.
I want the best of all worlds which I know is a stretch. I want the existing ranking, spiderfood and traffic I already get from the old page - but I want that traffic to see the new page which they can actually syndicate. I also don't want the new page to delete or knock down the current #1 ranking. Should I just maybe put a link at the top of that page saying visit our new blog? Or should I do a permanent 302 or (whatever it is) re-direct or a delayed re-direct saying "you will be taken to our new blog?
I know the SE don't like re-directs and I don't want to lose the traffic I already have or compete with my exisitng top ranking. What should I do?
Edited to add:
To further complicate issues, my blog designer set me up so I can actually suck in the RSS I used to cut and paste, daily.
But that will need to be in the new subdomain, probably named [URI reference].
So I guess if I'm going to redirect anything it should be that page. What type of re-direct and how to do it?
Thanks again for any advice.
Linda
[edited by: pageoneresults at 4:16 am (utc) on Mar. 15, 2005]
[edit reason] Removed Specifics - Please Refer to TOS [/edit]
