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Can Anyone Give Me Some Tips on a 301 Redirect?

by sree94
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I have one page on a site that was once ranking #2 for a pretty competitive keyword, but the page is now de-indexed. Note, just the PAGE is de-indexed, not the entire site. It is doing just fine

I want to 301 redirect from the deindexed page to a new page, but I am not quite sure what to do after that. What code do I need so the search engines will find it? What do I do with the old page? And should I continue to backlink to the old page, or the new one?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Beaton
    Originally Posted by sree94 View Post

    I have one page on a site that was once ranking #2 for a pretty competitive keyword, but the page is now de-indexed. Note, just the PAGE is de-indexed, not the entire site. It is doing just fine

    I want to 301 redirect from the deindexed page to a new page, but I am not quite sure what to do after that. What code do I need so the search engines will find it? What do I do with the old page? And should I continue to backlink to the old page, or the new one?
    A 301 can be added through your host or in the ht.access file.
    Here is a good link:301 Redirect - How to create Redirects

    If the page is de-indexed, I would not recommend pointing it toward the page you want to rank. Any idea why it was de-indexed.

    If you do, point new links to the new page. Some (exact amount unknown) link juice is lost through a 301.
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    • Profile picture of the author milton11011
      Originally Posted by Jonathan Beaton View Post

      A 301 can be added through your host or in the ht.access file.
      Here is a good link:301 Redirect - How to create Redirects

      If the page is de-indexed, I would not recommend pointing it toward the page you want to rank. Any idea why it was de-indexed.

      If you do, point new links to the new page. Some (exact amount unknown) link juice is lost through a 301.
      i have a deindexed page redirecting to my current page. funny thing is that my current page is having probs ranking highly. do you think they could be related? i get a lot of traffic from the backlinks for my de-indexed site
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    OK, so I did the redirect, and started building some links to the new page. After one day, it is now indexed, It is on page 35

    BUT, I also noticed that the OLD page has been reindexed, though I cannot find it in the listings (I stopped looking around page 45)

    What the heck should I do? Just give up on the redirect now that the old page was reindexed? Or keep the new page out of fear the old one will get knocked down again
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