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Thank you for your patience in explaining it! I really appreciate your time.

Ok, I think I understand. But let me spell it out to make sure.

old site home page = www.mysite.com

new site home page = www.mysite.com

No 301 redirect necessary for this page.

old site services page = www.mysite.com/services

new site services page = www.mysite.com/what-i-offer

301 redirect is necessary for this page from the old "services" page to the new "what-i-offer" page.

Correct?

Ah, I got it. My URL is staying the same, so I do NOT need to do ANY 301 redirects.

Right?

Hi Donnie,

Thanks for your response. So, are you saying that I won't need a redirect from my old home page to my new homepage, but I should create 301 redirects from my old "internal" pages to my new "internal" pages?

If I have old internal pages that I am not replicating on the new site, should I include a redirect for those to the new homepage?

Thank you.

Linda

Hello everyone,

I am in the process of having my consulting website redesigned and have a question about how this may impact SEO. I will be using the same URL as I did before, just simply replacing an old website with a new website.

Obviously the URL structure will change slightly since I am changing navigation names. Page titles will also change.

Do I need to do anything special to ensure that all of the pages from the old website are redirected to the new website?

For example, should I do a page level redirect for each page that remains the same? So that the old "services" page is pointed to the new "services" page?

Or can I simply do a redirect at the index page level?

Thank you in advance for any advice!

Best,

Linda

Hi LittleBigman,

Congratulations on getting some good organic traffic to your site. That's a great achievement for sure.

There are so many different approaches to improving website conversion rate and so much depends on the site itself and the primary business goals. What is your website goal(s)? Could you share your website URL?

Cheers,

Linda

Yes, thank you, Marcus. It's really helpful to learn more about the process and thinking behind the process for developing content that includes long tail search terms that will be relevant to readers and helpful for ranking. Cheers!

Hey George. Thanks for cluing me into the Holiday Express reference. Very funny. And yes, you were able to help me out.

Thank you!

Great point, Cyle. The reciprocity model works best, so anytime you can offer to help out in some way, you are more likely to get the results you're looking for - and to build your network and good karma.  Thanks for the reminder!

Hi George,

Thank you for your response. No, not too technical at all. I follow what you're saying. I'll pass this information on to my client and hopefully it's a relatively easy fix.

If anyone else has any additional information about implementing the solution specifically for Ruby code, I would appreciate it.

Thank you!

Linda

P.S. George, I'm curious, what is the connection between being a Ruby developer and staying at a Holiday Inn Express?

Hi LittleBigman,

Congratulations on getting some good organic traffic to your site. That's a great achievement for sure.

There are so many different approaches to improving website conversion rate and so much depends on the site itself and the primary business goals. What is your website goal(s)? Could you share your website URL?

Cheers,

Linda

Ok, I think I understand. But let me spell it out to make sure.

old site home page = www.mysite.com

new site home page = www.mysite.com

No 301 redirect necessary for this page.

old site services page = www.mysite.com/services

new site services page = www.mysite.com/what-i-offer

301 redirect is necessary for this page from the old "services" page to the new "what-i-offer" page.

Correct?