Comments on: How to Maintain Search Engine Rankings on a Site Redesign http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/ Work from Home, Business Opportunities, Websites for Sale - Run an Online Business Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: A Grandiose Blog http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-97474 A Grandiose Blog Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:22:56 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-97474 Great post by the way Great post by the way

]]> By: A Grandiose Blog http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-97473 A Grandiose Blog Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:22:19 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-97473 Adie, does this also hold true if I change the url of my site? I want to revamp my whole blog and move it to a new url, and of course I have a lot of content. Will i have to manually update each page to redirect? Adie, does this also hold true if I change the url of my site? I want to revamp my whole blog and move it to a new url, and of course I have a lot of content. Will i have to manually update each page to redirect?

]]> By: Adie Cooke http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94354 Adie Cooke Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:35:05 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94354 To add, I haven't used the 301 on this blog as most older content was not being ranked well anyway so I didn't bother. It wasn't going to hurt this blog I can tell you that. This blog was built with Digg traffic! I am currently manually updating older content that has links within it to the new permalink structure. To add, I haven’t used the 301 on this blog as most older content was not being ranked well anyway so I didn’t bother. It wasn’t going to hurt this blog I can tell you that.

This blog was built with Digg traffic!

I am currently manually updating older content that has links within it to the new permalink structure.

]]> By: Adie Cooke http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94352 Adie Cooke Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94352 Most if not all have been updated. Its been a hard and long process as the previous owner was not really trying to hard at SEO with this blog. Most if not all have been updated. Its been a hard and long process as the previous owner was not really trying to hard at SEO with this blog.

]]> By: Bart http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94348 Bart Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94348 Alright, but why don't you practice what you preach Adie? There is an old URL of NBB from my bookmarks archive (it shows 404 Error currently): http://www.netbusinessblog.com/2007/09/25/22-world-class-headline-templates/ You haven't set any redirects from old URL scheme. Why? Alright, but why don’t you practice what you preach Adie? There is an old URL of NBB from my bookmarks archive (it shows 404 Error currently):

http://www.netbusinessblog.com/2007/09/25/22-world-class-headline-templates/

You haven’t set any redirects from old URL scheme. Why?

]]> By: adie http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94260 adie Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:55:01 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94260 Thank you - maybe you could highlight some more on your blog? Thank you - maybe you could highlight some more on your blog?

]]> By: Learn SEO http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94238 Learn SEO Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:01:44 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94238 p.s. Just another example, this theme was downloaded from one server in ASCII mode and uploaded in Binary mode (or vice versa, just look at the huge spacing between lines) p.s. Just another example, this theme was downloaded from one server in ASCII mode and uploaded in Binary mode (or vice versa, just look at the huge spacing between lines)

]]> By: Learn SEO http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94237 Learn SEO Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:57:37 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94237 Indeed, the 301 redirect is not actually that much related to redesign, unless you are not even changing the URL structure. With blogs the game is as most likely at homepage, secondary page of homepage, categories, secondary page of categories, archives etc etc and finally we meet the POST page. If on your old design, you had all of your traffic landing on the homepage is more likely because your homepage is stronger and ranks better in the SERPs for the same keywords you optimized lets say the post before the latest 3. Changing the theme from homepage as landing page (because thats what becomes a homepage with more than just one post ) to post page as landing page can pass some time (until search engine recrawl all of your site and do give more value to the post page rather than homepage for certain keywords). Another factor that matters is the coding, how was it positioned before the code, what was sitting on top and how was the spider crawling the content. If the sidebar was under the content when looking at the source, changing it on the new design (verse floating for example) will most likely have some impact (hope the coders did the job for this blog, because I would not trust them ding ding ding!! you can drop me an email if you got questions). And as well some other aspects, but lets leave that for the author ;) Indeed, the 301 redirect is not actually that much related to redesign, unless you are not even changing the URL structure. With blogs the game is as most likely at homepage, secondary page of homepage, categories, secondary page of categories, archives etc etc and finally we meet the POST page.

If on your old design, you had all of your traffic landing on the homepage is more likely because your homepage is stronger and ranks better in the SERPs for the same keywords you optimized lets say the post before the latest 3. Changing the theme from homepage as landing page (because thats what becomes a homepage with more than just one post ) to post page as landing page can pass some time (until search engine recrawl all of your site and do give more value to the post page rather than homepage for certain keywords).

Another factor that matters is the coding, how was it positioned before the code, what was sitting on top and how was the spider crawling the content. If the sidebar was under the content when looking at the source, changing it on the new design (verse floating for example) will most likely have some impact (hope the coders did the job for this blog, because I would not trust them ding ding ding!! you can drop me an email if you got questions).

And as well some other aspects, but lets leave that for the author ;)

]]> By: Stuart Hannig http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94225 Stuart Hannig Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:00:35 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94225 This article goes into no real detail about how to redesign a web page other than 301-redirecting your old-renamed pages. I would think there is more to it than that. This article goes into no real detail about how to redesign a web page other than 301-redirecting your old-renamed pages. I would think there is more to it than that.

]]> By: Shane http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94182 Shane Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:12:14 +0000 http://www.netbusinessblog.com/how-to-maintain-search-engine-rankings-on-a-site-redesign/#comment-94182 Actually, as of about a month ago MSN still wasn't following 301 redirects. It's been that way for quite awhile now -- not that many people are worried very much about MSN :D Actually, as of about a month ago MSN still wasn’t following 301 redirects. It’s been that way for quite awhile now — not that many people are worried very much about MSN :D

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