Indexing help

spenno · 07-05-2006, 08:31 AM

Can someone advise me please?

I have taken a clients website to work on it for them. They have named their pages with numbers....so home is 3456 etc. It is indexed and is being picked up on basic seo.

We want to rename the pages....what will happen here? Will we need to build a new site map? will google track the sites new pages quickly if we rename them all?

Hope someone can help

Spenno
http://www.grapevine-group.co.uk

kenni · 07-05-2006, 12:29 PM

The best bet is to create new index files etc and have a "301 redirect" put into the 34234 numbered pages to the original pages. This way, Google is sure to change your listings to the original one.

For example:

52343543.html redirect it to index.html (Google will pick this up if you use 301 redirect)

For instructions on 301 redirect, check the following page:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=301+redirect

Daniel Malone · 07-05-2006, 04:20 PM

If you don't link to the old pages then Google won't have a problem with this. I don't think a redirect is neccesary, although it may help.

So just rename the files and make sure you are not linking to the old file names but the new ones.

07-05-2006, 08:31 AM	#1
spenno Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Derby Posts: 37	Indexing help Can someone advise me please? I have taken a clients website to work on it for them. They have named their pages with numbers....so home is 3456 etc. It is indexed and is being picked up on basic seo. We want to rename the pages....what will happen here? Will we need to build a new site map? will google track the sites new pages quickly if we rename them all? Hope someone can help Spenno http://www.grapevine-group.co.uk Last edited 07-05-2006 at 08:35 AM.

07-05-2006, 12:29 PM	#2
kenni Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,543	Re: Indexing help The best bet is to create new index files etc and have a "301 redirect" put into the 34234 numbered pages to the original pages. This way, Google is sure to change your listings to the original one. For example: 52343543.html redirect it to index.html (Google will pick this up if you use 301 redirect) For instructions on 301 redirect, check the following page: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=301+redirect __________________ Wanna thank someone? Give 'em a rep. More info.

07-05-2006, 04:20 PM	#3
Daniel Malone Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 252	Re: Indexing help If you don't link to the old pages then Google won't have a problem with this. I don't think a redirect is neccesary, although it may help. So just rename the files and make sure you are not linking to the old file names but the new ones. __________________ Webmaster News and Daniel's blog can be found at Daniel Malone Free Webmaster Tools

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