Page has a 301 redirect, now we want to move it back to it's original place

[CommT]

Hi - This is the first time I've asked a question!

My site, www.turnkeylandlords.co.uk is going through a bit of a redesign (for the 2nd time since it launched in July 2012...)

First redesign meant we needed to move a page (https://www.turnkeylandlords.co.uk/about-turnkey-mortgages/conveyancing/) from the root to the 'about-us' section. We implemented a 301 redirect and everything went fine.

I found out yesterday that the plan is to move this page (and another one as well, but it's the same issue so no point in sharing the URL) back to the root.

What do I do? A new 301? Wouldn't this create a loop?

Or just delete the original 301?

Thanks in advance,

Amelia

[Marcus_Miller]

Hey Amelia

Right, simple enough, but potentially confusing to explain. I am going to assume the page is indexed in it's new location in the below solution so will need a new 301 to redirect it back.

1. Delete the current 301 from location A to location B
2. reinstate the page on it's original address
3. create a 301 for the currently indexed page back to new (old) location so from location B to location A

You are effectively just turning this on it's head and removing one 301, moving the page back to it's original location, and using another 301 to redirect to redirect any traffic and page value to the new (old) location.

This is probably a little easier if you forget the page has moved at all and just think of it as moving it from one location to another as you did before.

Hope that helps!

Marcus

[CommT]

Thank you Marcus!

I didn't even think of deleting the original 301! What a bloomin' obvious solution

I really appreciate you taking the time to answer this for me.

Amelia

[Marcus_Miller]

Hey, no worries, my pleasure!