SEO Help on Google indexed URL
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Hello All,
I am not sure whether this is the correct place to ask this doubt or not. But I am just posting this. I have finished new version of a website based on Concret 5 cms. It was using some other CMS before. Now the c5 cms is implemented and whole website has moved into new folder. But some search terms in that website, still google indexed to old site URL. How can I redirect such results into my new folder.
To make it more clear, a sample google search index for a term 'foo' is like this .
http://websitename/old/foo
the URL of that foo in new website/cms folder is
http://websitename/new/products/foo...
Now I need to redirect the google search index into the new URL.
Any help would be greatly appreciated . thank you
I am not sure whether this is the correct place to ask this doubt or not. But I am just posting this. I have finished new version of a website based on Concret 5 cms. It was using some other CMS before. Now the c5 cms is implemented and whole website has moved into new folder. But some search terms in that website, still google indexed to old site URL. How can I redirect such results into my new folder.
To make it more clear, a sample google search index for a term 'foo' is like this .
http://websitename/old/foo
the URL of that foo in new website/cms folder is
http://websitename/new/products/foo...
Now I need to redirect the google search index into the new URL.
Any help would be greatly appreciated . thank you
@Mysterious
thank you for the info. I will try the second one because, I have more than 5 or more URL like this, so putting all those into .htaccess doesnt look nice. I hope the second method will work. I will update after I try this
thanx again
thank you for the info. I will try the second one because, I have more than 5 or more URL like this, so putting all those into .htaccess doesnt look nice. I hope the second method will work. I will update after I try this
thanx again
I tried the second method. but it has a limitation. It will work only inside the C5 folder.
my new url for prodcut foo is
http://www.websitename.com/c5/products/foo...
my old URL which index by google is
http://www.websitename.com/old/foo...
Since this, eve if I add more URL as /old/foo
it will redirect tohttp://www.websitename.com/c5/old/foo...
only..So I think I can do some little hacking like..
1. Change my new c5 foldername into the old websitefoldername
(http://www.websitename.com/c5 tohttp://www.websitename.com/old)...
2. then add one more URL into the product page foo that resembles with the index URL
(/old/foo will redirect tohttp://www.websitename.com/old/product/foo)...
Am I right on this or not?? please comment if my logic is wrong..
my new url for prodcut foo is
http://www.websitename.com/c5/products/foo...
my old URL which index by google is
http://www.websitename.com/old/foo...
Since this, eve if I add more URL as /old/foo
it will redirect tohttp://www.websitename.com/c5/old/foo...
only..So I think I can do some little hacking like..
1. Change my new c5 foldername into the old websitefoldername
(http://www.websitename.com/c5 tohttp://www.websitename.com/old)...
2. then add one more URL into the product page foo that resembles with the index URL
(/old/foo will redirect tohttp://www.websitename.com/old/product/foo)...
Am I right on this or not?? please comment if my logic is wrong..
It should work, if your path will be the same as it was in old site. But don't forget to change path in config/site.php file... :)
@MC,
happy news, I have tried this. It worked :-). I did not need to change in config/site file since I am using this latest version of C5, it automatically picks up the folder name. these are the changes I have done
1. Renamed the c5 folder to the old website folder name
2. Edited .htaccess in the c5 (renamed) folder match with renamed folder name.
In the more URL option, added the indexed URL to that field. I goggled again, then clicked the result, it redirected to new website URL..:-)
Happy, no need to code extra on 301. Any issue on performance for this approach??
happy news, I have tried this. It worked :-). I did not need to change in config/site file since I am using this latest version of C5, it automatically picks up the folder name. these are the changes I have done
1. Renamed the c5 folder to the old website folder name
2. Edited .htaccess in the c5 (renamed) folder match with renamed folder name.
In the more URL option, added the indexed URL to that field. I goggled again, then clicked the result, it redirected to new website URL..:-)
Happy, no need to code extra on 301. Any issue on performance for this approach??
"I did not need to change in config/site file since I am using this latest version of C5, it automatically picks up the folder name."
Oh, I didn't know that! It's nice! :)
I'm happy that it worked for you.
Oh, I didn't know that! It's nice! :)
I'm happy that it worked for you.
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm...
but c5 has an option to add additional url's to every one page - go to page Properties / Page Paths and location / More URL's. When you add some url, this will lead directly to your new page.