Subfolder to Root Domain, Should i or not?

[DigitalJungle]

Dear All,

I am kinda of stuck and need your helps, I have major client's site which is located in subdirectory.

Instance:  http://www.majorclient.com.cn/cn/ and as you can see domain name is already localized and they are not planning to make any english version of the site,

So there will be no /eng/ folder but  clients whole website is /cn/ subdirectory which is totally unnecessary and i would like to 301 whole site to **http://www.majorclient.com.cn **

But the problem is that this site has been /cn/ folder forever since the beginning and lot of trusted links are pointing to www.majorclient.com.cn/cn/

So should i move it or just configure 301 www.majorclient.com.cn to www.majorclient.com.cn/cn/ leave it there and don't bother.

Help?

[RyanKent]

If this was my client I would leave the content as-is. There will be no benefit to moving the content other then a cleaner URL. Yes the cleaner URL is preferred, but based on the backlink situation you described, it is not worth the move.

If you were to undergo a CMS change or other situation which required a URL change, it would make sense to move the content at that time. If you didn't have many backlinks, or if you only had a small amount of content, it could also make sense to make the move.