301 and Google - all in .htaccess or per page?

[FlexAjaxSEO]

Is it wiser to manually inscribe in the .HTAccess all the no longer used URLs OR is it ok to place a 301 per page?

[tedster]

A lot will depend on how many pages you "retire" on a regular basis. I think the key understanding is that a 301 should point to a true replacement page, and not to the home page or some generic top level page.

I don't recommend trying to hold on tight to every removed url. Just let the url return a 404, unless you've had a lot of search traffic and/or backlinks for that url. And if that's the case - why change the url at all? Why not rewrite the content and use the same url if something has changed.

[FlexAjaxSEO]

We are changing from php (with cms) to a HTML site .....

[FlexAjaxSEO]

sorry the other way ... from a static html to a php site with cms which generates static hmtl pages

[tedster]

You can keep the html extension and just parse the files with an html extension as php [webmasterworld.com]. It's much better not to change urls at all

[FlexAjaxSEO]

Very good idea !