|
Posted by John Bokma on April 7, 2008, 2:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options
> John Bokma wrote:
>>
>>> I am reworking an old site of mine and need to update the linking
>>> structure.
>>>
>>> How many redirects is it safe to apply (singular pages to singular
>>> pages, that is). I seem to remember that it's only practical to
>>> redirect
>>> a certain amount. Is this correct?
>>
>> Not that I know. But why do you want to update the linking structure?
>>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The site is old and it sprawls a bit - it's been cobbled together over
> the years.
Heh, I hear you :-D
> Lots of old pages that I no longer want
Yeah, I have that with my site as well. But I leave them, because they
still get visitors. Maybe I will update/extend the content one day in the
future, but I try to avoid removing pages.
> and lots of new also.
> Plus I have some pages that really should be mini sites within the
> larger site and I would like to redirect those pages to a separate
> folder just for ease of use and navigation
In a way, for navigation it doesn't matter much, but I hear you on the
separate folder part :-)
> - plus if they ever warrant
> being a site alone then it's easier to split away from the main.
>
> So you don't see any problem with doing the 301's?
Nope. Google recommends to use 301 for just this. I've done a lot of 301's
on my site to fix a mistake I made ages ago, and I didn't notice any
negative side effect.
--
John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/
| 
XML Sitemap