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    • TheKatzMeow
      TheKatzMeow last edited by

      We've taken down the attorney's official page. Should we redirect her old page to the home page? Do a custom 404? I'm sure there's a best practice here but I'm blanking.

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      • Martijn_Scheijbeler
        Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

        You would usually just have the page 404 as it's some information that doesn't exist anymore. If the page is still receiving significant traffic you could redirect it to a similar page, but over time the traffic will then decrease anyway.

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        • TheKatzMeow
          TheKatzMeow @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

          Thanks. Appreciate this.

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