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1. tomasi514
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am rebuilding a website, this old website has a specific html page which obtains great result for a specific 2 words search with Google.
   I thought about using Wp Super Cache to lose as much as possible in terms of ranking (keeping a html page, same page address, aproximately same content).
   Am I doing the right thing here?

   If yes, can anyone tell me what writing mode I'd rather use in Wp Super Cache? Mod_Rewrite seams to be the best but is the php will have same effect on search engines? I just want to ensure that they see html pages, not php ones.

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Why not just do an .htaccess redirect for the old page to the new location?

3. tomasi514
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for answer ipstenu, sounds much better yes, less trouble I guess..
   I am not very familiar with .htaccess, any source or procedure you would recommend me?

4. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Here are some examples:
   http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/242/How+do+I+redirect+my+site+using+a+.htaccess+file%3F

5. tomasi514
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   But: with this simple htaccess change, I will certainly loose benefit of my google positionning as the new page does not have the same address, right?
   If yes, what can I do?

6. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No.

   You will NOT loose google ranking. The whole point of a redirect is to say 'Hey, this moved, I'm here now.'

   Look, this:
   Redirect 301 /oldfile.html http://you.com/newdirectory/newpost

   KEEPS your Google Juice. I promise. :)

7. tomasi514
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   All right, thank you so much man.

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