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    • pablo_carrara
      pablo_carrara last edited by

      most of them where old URLs pointed from a really old domain, that we have just shutten down. If the pages didn't receive any traffic, should we redirect? If I follow this https://moz.com/learn/seo/http-status-codes we shouldn't

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      • OlegKorneitchouk
        OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

        I would redirect any pages that have external authority (links from an external site) and leave the rest as 404.

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        • pablo_carrara
          pablo_carrara @OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

          How can I find that out?

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          • ThomasHarvey
            ThomasHarvey @pablo_carrara last edited by

            Could try using: https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/

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            • pablo_carrara
              pablo_carrara @ThomasHarvey last edited by

              Tnks a lot!!

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