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redirect or not

by marks2424
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I do not use word press i use a web editor which allows me to make any kind of change to my sites pages I want with that in mind this editor allows me to completely clone any page and all it's parameters.

I am in the process of re doing my home page but was wondering if I were to only change the color scheme and a few other things would I need to redirect the original home page or could I just put up the new one.

One that same note if I were to change much of the article on my home page as well as the colors should I then do a redirect to the new home page. I am a little unclear as to doing a redirect I mean I know how, but if the home page is still listed as the home page and many of my inbound links are still pointed to the home page I am not sure what the difference would make.

The only thing I could see would maybe my rankings could drop because of a change in the content of the home page. Any thoughts would be helpful.
#redirect
  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Nobody would use "redirect" for anything like that!

    After you edit/update/redesign/re-write a page (a.k.a. a html file) you just upload it to your server, replacing the old one.
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  • Profile picture of the author sonas
    Just upload the new home page ensuring it's named the same as the old one in your server files and it will then overwrite / replace the old home page.
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  • Profile picture of the author winsoar
    Are you talking about split testing to test which colour performs the best? If so I would recommend using the Google Website Optimizer.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheContentAuthority
    Marks2424,

    The only instances you would use redirects (legitimately) would be if your domain name changed and you wanted to send visitors to another domain. Otherwise this is not necessary.

    Best,

    Shawn
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