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I have this big website (approx 300 pages in two languages) that I am redesigning.
It's also a e-commerce site that generates lots of sales. All pages are in .htm and the products were are added one by one (I know what you think...:) It's getting harder and harder to maintain the site.
The new site will have .html pages generated automatically from a database where all my products are. Now my big dilemma is:
What should I do with my old pages which are outdated but still indexed by major search engines. I thought of adding a redirect script for each page to the new one. What about the search engines if they see that redirect will they erase it from their index? If so I better delete them myself so there is less mess in the site?
Please let me know of any possible solution you might have.
