Permalink Structure Change

va_mom · 11-11-2011, 04:30 AM

Hello.. My client's blog's permalinks are not friendly urls. If we will change those, will it affect the backlinks the blog already has? What is the best thing to do?

Thanks in advance. :-)

TalG18 · 11-11-2011, 04:50 AM

Yes it will effect.
when you will change you permalink, the backlinks for the old address will be dead.
You should about how many backlinks you have to these posts, because good permalink is kind of basic thing.

If you have good results at Google without nice permalinks, you should leave it like that, but if you are stuck I think you should consider that.

doti04 · 11-11-2011, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by va_mom

Hello.. My client's blog's permalinks are not friendly urls. If we will change those, will it affect the backlinks the blog already has? What is the best thing to do?

Thanks in advance. :-)

If you are using wordpress and for now your links is look like this "yourdomain.com/p=1" and you will change your permalink to "yourdomain.com/post-title" than your first and the second link will be same if you enter to the both of them manually you will be redirected to the "yourdomain.com/post-title"

mosthost · 11-11-2011, 05:39 AM

Why bother? Keywords in the URL cannot be that important.

yukon · 11-11-2011, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by mosthost

Why bother? Keywords in the URL cannot be that important.

Then why are you stuffing keywords in your domain name, in your forum sig?

mosthost · 11-11-2011, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by yukon

Then why are you stuffing keywords in your domain name, in your forum sig?

Say what, my man?

doti04 · 11-11-2011, 05:58 AM

Keyword in URL is very important for SEO

mosthost · 11-11-2011, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by doti04

Keyword in URL is very important for SEO

Tell that to YouTube!

chandan_dutta · 11-11-2011, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by va_mom

Hello.. My client's blog's permalinks are not friendly urls. If we will change those, will it affect the backlinks the blog already has? What is the best thing to do?

Thanks in advance. :-)

Yes it will affect. But you can fix this without hurting your client's site.

There is one Worpress Plugin: WordPress › Simple 301 Redirects « WordPress Plugins

Simply redirect all old URL to properly formed URL. This way old URL won't lose any link juice and it will be passed to new URL.

Also make sure to create one Google Webmaster account and verify both the site so that Google come to know about the changes.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Chandan

webdevpro · 11-11-2011, 09:20 AM

Best way of changing the url structure and to keep the old PR is to use 301 redirection techniques. There are low chances if somebody had pasted the permalink on their site as in most of the case the main url is shared.

John Hocking · 11-11-2011, 09:27 AM

You can use a plugin like
Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin | SYP

It will create 301 redirects from old structure to the new one.

WPBounce · 11-11-2011, 12:32 PM

You should definately do 301 redirects to new urls. It will pass the link juice.
Google respects 301 as far as I know.

LinkingService · 11-11-2011, 12:42 PM

Use a 301 redirect so that search engines know that page has been moved to a new url structure. Add the site to Google Webmaster tool to keep a track before proceeding.

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TalG18 Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 21 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Permalink Structure Change Yes it will effect. when you will change you permalink, the backlinks for the old address will be dead. You should about how many backlinks you have to these posts, because good permalink is kind of basic thing. If you have good results at Google without nice permalinks, you should leave it like that, but if you are stuck I think you should consider that.

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webdevpro HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 294 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Permalink Structure Change Best way of changing the url structure and to keep the old PR is to use 301 redirection techniques. There are low chances if somebody had pasted the permalink on their site as in most of the case the main url is shared.
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John Hocking 10minuteexpert.com War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montgomery City, MO , USA. Posts: 1,182 Thanks: 91 Thanked 143 Times in 95 Posts Social Networking	Re: Permalink Structure Change You can use a plugin like Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin \| SYP It will create 301 redirects from old structure to the new one.
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WPBounce Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 71 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking	Re: Permalink Structure Change You should definately do 301 redirects to new urls. It will pass the link juice. Google respects 301 as far as I know.
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LinkingService Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Permalink Structure Change Use a 301 redirect so that search engines know that page has been moved to a new url structure. Add the site to Google Webmaster tool to keep a track before proceeding.
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