Tag Archives: 301 redirect

Redesigning a Site – Best Approach?

Redesigning a site is always a challenge, especially if you have pages that are ranking well in the search engines.  With any site redesign, you are in danger of damaging any optimization that has been done as well as in danger of losing inbound links.  However redesigning a site is sometimes required, especially if there is a required software upgrade or the site itself if … Continue reading

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Canonical URLs, Duplicate Content and 301 Redirects

Novice webmasters are often not aware of canonical URLs and how this can impact SEO efforts.  Google calls the process of picking the best URL when there are several alternatives as canonicalization.   Canonical URLs are URLs that appear the same and will probably produce the same content when typed into a browser. After posting a blog comment on another blog, taking exception with a few … Continue reading

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