Existing URL structure and how to handle new pages before migration

[SEOSponge]

Hi there!

Currently, our site uses underscores "_" within the url structure.  We are moving to Wordpress soon (the site is currently static html) but it will be a couple of months before the migration.

Here is an example of the current structure:

www.oldsitestructure.com/about_us/success_stories/custom_vinyl_banners

When we do change, our url structure will have hyphen's "-" to separate terms, so the preferred new structure will be:

www.oldsitestructure.com/about-us/success-stories/custom-vinyl-banners The entire site (with the exception of our Wordpress blog) currently uses the old structure.

We have about 10 - 15 pages we will add before our migration, my question is:

Should we use the preferred url structure starting NOW or stick with the old one?

And set up 301 redirects are part of the migration process?

Many thanks!
Jon

[OlegKorneitchouk]

Should we use the preferred url structure starting NOW or stick with the old one?

Stick with the current URL's. They are pretty much just as SEO friendly and there is a greater rick to lose traffic if you change/redirect all of the URLs.

[Asjad]

In deed, both options are valid

Option 1: www.oldsitestructure.com/about_us/success_stories/custom_vinyl_banners

Stick with current URL Structure is fine. It's SEO friendly as well.

Option 2: www.oldsitestructure.com/about-us/success-stories/custom-vinyl-banners

There is no real issue with this structure as well. Just redirect Old URLs to New URLs (Must Use 301 Redirect) and juice and authority of old URLs will be transferred to new pages. Within couple of weeks, older URLs will be replaced by new ones in Google Results. Simple is that

Regards