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    • seoeuroflorist
      seoeuroflorist last edited by

      Hi,

      We are merging two sites, differentiated by the type of customer (consumer or corporate).

      Currently we have:
      www.consumersite.com/product/
      www.corporatesite.com/product/

      When on the new site, the type of customer can be switched by clicking 'Corporate' or 'Customer' which adds ?user=Business or ?user=Private to the url which then redirects so the URL is the same but certain features have changed.

      We block ?user=Business and ?user=Private in URLs in robots.txt to prevent duplicating pages. Should we redirect like:

      www.corporatesite.com/product/ -> www.consumersite.com/product/

      Or:

      www.corporatesite.com/product/ -> www.consumersite.com/product?user=Business (this will then redirect but the parameter is blocked by robots.)

      I'm concerned redirecting to a URL that is blocked from indexing is an obvious error.

      Any ideas are welcome.

      Thanks!

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      • OlegKorneitchouk
        OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

        If its possible to avoid a redirect, do.

        www.corporatesite.com/product/ -> www.consumersite.com/product/ is better than adding a redirect into the chain.

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