SEO friendly way to move a wordpress installation

[beva]

Hi Mozzers

I am working with a client who currently has 2 wordpress installations on their site - one is in the root domain and one is in a subdirectory /hub which is where the majority of their content is. They want to move all of their content over from the /hub directory into the root installation.

Any ideas of the most SEO friendly way to do this?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[E-dreamz]

Pretty simple really. Just create 301 redirects from the old url i.e. http://www.domain.com/hub/content1 to http://www.domain.com/content1.

That should transfer the rankings, link authority, etc. as best as it can.

[beva]

OK great, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything more to it than that

[randfish]

If the content is simply duplicated then moving it over with a 301 redirect is the best way to go. If, however, you've got separate, unique content, you may need to export those posts (or copy + paste) from the old Wordpress install into the new one before the shift or you could lose old content from the prior install.

I'd probably recommend contracting a Wordpress developer you trust or who has some experience (many contractors can be found on sites like oDesk, Freelancer, etc.) and asking them to help with the file move if the content isn't duplicated.

Best of luck!