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Thank you for your comment. I tested with many browsers / language configurations. I'm not logged. My keyword is "RAGQ". It's a business name. zqMIwSC UYMAr3k

Eric Ward did a good Hangout last Friday and gave them the nod too.  the full 1hr 48min is at but but the short answer matches the answers above.  If it makes sense for your user, it makes sense for Google.  I think I hear Matt say that once or twice too. watch?v=a8oDC0Q-IV0

Thanks for the answer Mark, we will give it a shot with your added suggestion for the category expertise sites to support what we'll be completing.

Hi Alexandre, You will need to look at the code in the .htaccess file generated by All in One SEO to see whether the plugin is just using URL rewriting or creating 301 redirects. As far as I am aware, that particular plugin does not have an option to manually stipulate when you wish to create a 301, but the only sure way is to check the code. You will need to go into your wordpress /blog directory and download the .htaccess file, then open it in a text editor (like notepad). This is a separate .htaccess file, specifically relating to what happens within your wordpress installation.The one in the root folder for your site will not tell you what you are wanting to know. I don't use All In One SEO as I prefer the Yoast plugin, but typically, what you might expect to see is code that looks something like this: BEGIN WordPress <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]</ifmodule> END WordPress The key to identifying whether the plugin is using standard URL rewrites or creating a 301 Redirect is to look at the very last part of the Rule - the part that is enclosed in square brackets [ ] A plain vanilla flavored standard URL Rewrite Rule will end with [L] If the Rule is creating a 301 (Permanent) Redirect, it will end with [R=301,L] and for a 302 (Temporary) Redirect, it will end with [R=302,L] As far as your question, which I understand to be asking essentially, "what is the difference" between the two: A standard URL Rewrite is simply instructing the server that any request for a certain URL  should be served a different URL. As far as the search engine is concerned, nothing changes. It is simply used to change the ugly URL to a pretty URL (in your case one that contains the keywords you want). A 301 redirect serves the alternative URL, but also sends a signal to the search engine that the URL requested has been permanently replaced with the one that is served. This indicates to the search engine that the requested URL should be removed from the index and replaced with the URL that is served. A 301 redirect also signals to the search engine that most of the link value being passed to the requested URL should now be passed to the URL that replaces it in the index. Hope that helps, Sha

One thing you could try is to put the following meta tag on the page, and once Google re-indexes the page, remove it immediately.  This tag will take down the instant preview, but also takes out your meta description on SERPs, so you'll want to remove it as soon as Google re-indexes the page. Once you remove it, Google will (hopefully) create a new snapshot of your page?  I have no idea if when Google re-indexes the page if they'll go create a new snapshot, or dig up the old one to display, but it seems like there should be a fair chance they'll take a new one? Again, I've never tried this, so I'm only endorsing it as a possible idea, it is not a tried and tested solution. [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35304](http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35304)

I think it depends on the customer really. It might be wise to discuss your strategy openly with them, it is quite possible they have someone on their staff that could help you write copy, and save your time for more valuable things.