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Website redesign – doubt about 301 redirects
Posted by on May 11, 2021 at 11:05 amHi,
I’m currently re-doing one of my website (wordpress). The domain name will remain the same, but some page slugs and hierarchy will change in the process.
When I change a page slug on a live site, I add a 301 redirect with the Redirection plugin, no doubt here. But in this case, it’s a whole new website currently in development that i will push at the end, replacing the old one.
If I create a 301 redirect on the new site like:
**/page-abc/page-xyz** (URL of the page on the old site)
redirects to:
**/page-def** (URL on new site)This is good to avoid 404s, but is it enough for Google to understand **/page-abc/page-xyz** is now **/page-def ?** Or do i need to tell Google somewhere else, on webmaster tools maybe? I will send the new sitemap once the new site is live, of course.
Thank you !
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3 Replies
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How are you implementing these 301s between old and new site?
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We are also doing a redesign of our company website and as to my knowledge correctly redirecting should be enough for google to understand where the new page is.
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If /page/def has the same content as /page-abc/page-xyz, and you’re adding a redirect, you should be good.
But if you’re changing some of the content, your rankings will likely take a hit.
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