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Thanks, appreciate your prompt response. Leaving the old pages alone than is a time saver.

There's always a risk anytime you migrate any URL. Generally we advise that unless you have a good reason, it's usually better in the long run to leave your URLs as they are. That said, there are many circumstances that warrant it. Most of the time, changing the URL to get a better keyword in the URL won't give you much of a boost, although it might help with click-through rates. Keep the following in mind: A "normal" 301 is expected to pass about 80% of it's original link juice Google and other search engines are fine at following a single 301 redirect, but a trail of multiple 301's strung together starts to get dicey. Each new 301 redirect in the chain further degrades link juice. Q. And what is a good length of time before removing the 1st-generation url? If I understand correctly, you want to know when to remove the 301 from the 1st URL? If there are links still pointed at the original, then it's wise to keep the 301 in place indefinitely, to keep your link juice flowing. That said, if there is a 301 on there now, it wouldn't show in analytics anyway, so if I am mis-understanding the question, please let me know. Hope this helps!

Short answer - yes. Paul

So you are saying 301 redirects are better? Would amount to 50 redirects (in that ball park). Does not affect google ranking?