Keep the old names but make all the new links point to the new pages. Either that or do a redirect (page based or server based). I've got old pages on FA called article1.cfm (loooong story). They're in the search engines so I have to keep them. For the moment I have copies of both, but as the bots review more content, this will change.
This brings up a good question. Would changing the page names every now and again be seen by a search engine as having more content? The old is still there, but there's now new stuff as well. > For all the SE guys/gals out there... > > We have a site that we have done a redeesign for, the previous developer > had some pretty bad page naming conventions, and we went ahead and renamed > the pages so that it would be easier to maintain. > > HOWEVER - the current pages are very nicely entrenched into the search > engines, and if we lose those pages, three years worth of SE work will be > down the drain. Is there a safe redirect that we can use for these old > pages so that Google, etc will not blackball or drop the ranking of these > pages? Has anyone done this before? I want to avoid having to make copies > of the new design with all the page names... > > Thanks! > > Ray > > > > ============================================= > Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer > CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services > 603.433.9559 > www.crystalvision.org > ============================================= > > The information contained in this transmission (including any attached > files) is CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the person(s) named > above. If you received this transmission in error, please delete it > from your system and notify us immediately. If you are not an intended > recipient, please note that any use or dissemination of the information > contained in this transmission (including any attached files) and the > copying, printing, or retransmission of that information is strictly > prohibited. You can notify us by return email or by phone at 603.433.9559. > Thank you. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138719 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
