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trentham
Joined: Mar 08, 2006
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Posted: 2006-Jun-30 17:56
Hi,
Thinking of moving a few optimised files from one folder to another. Will this mean they lose their rankings? Might Google think it's seeing duplicate content?
Thanks,
- Greg
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bhartzer
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Posted: 2006-Jun-30 18:17
this mean they lose their rankings?
Yes, most likely they will lose their rankings. When you move them to another folder you change the URL of the pages. I strongly recommend keeping the same URLs.
If you must move, then you need to set up a 301 Permanent Redirect from the old URLs to the new ones to redirect all the visitors--including the search engine bots--to the new location.
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SportsGuy
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Posted: 2006-Jun-30 18:32
Just make sure you apply 301 redirects to them Greg. If you do that, you'll keep any past value.
***I'm not drunk here - I just had a call while I was posting my response, so Bill's got in way ahead of me...
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g1smd
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Posted: 2006-Jun-30 21:27
Try not to change URL, but if you really have to then add the 301 redirect.
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trentham
Joined: Mar 08, 2006
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Posted: 2006-Jul-01 08:50
How do I do a 301 redirect?
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g1smd
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Posted: 2006-Jul-01 19:44
Here is a link to the last few hundred times this was asked: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&filter=0&q=301+redirect+g1smd+HTTP_HOST 
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