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    Is there a penalty for too many 301 re-directs?

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    • nicole.healthline
      nicole.healthline last edited by

      We are thinking of restructuring the URLs on our site and I was wondering if there is a penalty associated with setting up so many 301 re-directs.

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      • AnthonyMangia
        AnthonyMangia last edited by

        301 redirects are indeed the proper way to restructure URLs, and adding these shouldn't hurt you.  This is confirmed by a post by Barry Schwartz on Search Engine Roundtable a few years back.  The one thing you do want to make sure to avoid is "chaining" 301 redirects, as noted by Matt Cutts.

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        • malachiii
          malachiii last edited by

          there isnt a penalty, but you want to insure that you're sending the right juice from the URL.  if you're 301ing an apple page to a pear page you'll eventually lose the juice

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          • malachiii
            malachiii last edited by

            there isnt a penalty, but you want to insure that you're sending the right juice from the URL.  if you're 301ing an apple page to a pear page you'll eventually lose the juice

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            • wissamdandan
              wissamdandan last edited by

              There is no penalty at all  . on the contrary its a best practice while renovating your site or Reconstructing URLs is to use a 301 redirect to preserve the link equity to the new destination..

              I added a video for your reference.

              watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA

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