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Old 03-21-2006, 06:13 PM
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Default Re: do a 301 only if site already has good rankings?

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Originally Posted by cctech
It appears that, from the things I have read, the main purpose of a 301 redirect is to "help" SEs find the new versions of the pages. Thereby, you preserve the previous good rankings. Is that correct?
Yes, but even if your website didnt have very strong rankings these pages still aquired history from being in the index which is a factor in overall rankings in the SE's.
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