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Do I need to do a 301, as well as adding re-write rules on Apache
Eric's answer was perfect. After launch, I also do a site:nameofdomain.com and click on a random sampling of links to make sure the rules work perfectl (this is more useful if the page name changes). Good luck!
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | KevinBudzynski0 -
Should I Combine 30 websites into one?
If the local hospitals are to have their own sites then I believe that an important part of those websites is the profiles of important physicians who serve there and the services that they deliver. These physicians and service staffs are the intellectual assets of each hospital. Their personalities and expertise these professionals are really what is being sold and thus what is marketable. Patients really don't want a "hospital" they really want a medical team that can make them well. In the small communities where I have lived anyone searching Google for a physician by name will very frequently encounter the large database publishing sites rather than the website of that physician's practice or the institution where he/she serves. These database sites rank well because they have professional SEO yet some of them are close to professional spam. That does not serve the searcher well at all, they don't need his/her name and address. Instead what they would hope to find is a page about this person and learn about his/her education, experience, expertise and personality - along with the connection to the hospital where service is rendered. If people are doing comparison shopping for a physician this is the information that they need to find.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | EGOL0