301 redirect issue - whether to also use removal tool

[member22]

Hi,

I just changed my website and my web address doesn't have the /en anymore

www.mysite.com/p100/en/mysite.com but the new address is www.mysite.com/p100/mysite.com

I have put in place an automatic 301 redirect but I am wondering if I should delete the /en web address with google webmaster tools or if it is going to be removed automatically in the future.

Thank you,

[Robert Charlton]

If you've redirected the version with/en, then don't use the removal tool. The redirect will take care of it... the removal tool may complicate things.

[masterchief]

Don't! just leave 301 redirect do the job

[member22]

Thank you for your inputs but one of you says do it the other one says no ? what should i do ? can someone tell me why they think yes and why they think no ?

Thx,

[g1smd]

The redirect ensures that people who still see the old URL can click it and still get to your site. Why cut your traffic by removing the old URL from public view? Leave it and let Google take care of it in their own time.

The removal tool requires the URL to return 404. So, you would have to remove your redirect first, before removal. There's a danger that you could remove the new URL should that return 404 and the redirect still be in place when Google checks the URLs. It's not worth the time/hassle/risk/bother. Let Google fix it automatically.

[tedster]

one of you says do it the other one says no

Read those replies again - they agree. Both say don't use the removal tool, and I agree.