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doctormd23
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Posted: 2005-May-13 19:37
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have a client who had their site redesigned from a standard .html format to .asp (same domain name)

my question is this: since he has numerous SERPs for page file under the old site...how can we avoid loosing all the traffic from the cached pages? if someone clicks on one of those old page file URLs, we don't want it to hit "page not found"

Solutions anyone?

Thanks in advance! - Doc



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Posted: 2005-May-13 20:10
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Here is a thread from yesterday that discusses the same problems when a site switched from HTML to PHP.



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Posted: 2005-May-13 21:13
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thanks g1smd for the link... someone off forum recommended this way also... by adding this to the actual index file at the top of the regular HTML code:

else if (-1 !=
location.href.toLowerCase().indexOf('www.someOLDurl.com'))
location.href='http://www.toNEWurl/content.asp?page_id=37';
else if (-1 !=
location.href.toLowerCase().indexOf('someOLDurl.com'))
location.href='http://www.toNEWurl/content.asp?page_id=37';

if this is repeated for each old page will this work too?

seems to me to bloat the code of the index file alot, right?

thanks



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Posted: 2005-Jun-10 15:01
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Permanent redirect from the old pages (HTM pages) to new pages is the best way of helping users, SEs and yourself. This will also enable you to transfer your Google PR to new pages quickly.


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