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Originally Posted by Aquahobby.com
How bad is it if there are still links pointing to the old page on your site, together with links pointing to the new page? I've recently done some 301 redirects and updated the wrapper links, but there are still hundreds of links in the actual content of my pages that need to be updated individually...
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I think you lose some of the rank value of the incoming links. One posting I saw indicated that Google didn't pass
pr through the 301 or 302 redirects, but they do follow them to ensure the pages are indexed. I don't think that is the case, because there are a few Google hacks that are known and officially acknowledged by Google that allow you to manipulate the displayed URLs in the SERPs by creative use of redirects. But, it is possible links to 301/302 redirects do not carry the same weight as a direct link. Part of the equation is apparent trustworthyness, and how trustworthy will the SE consider a moved page with the links not updated (or since you are dealing with internal pages, pages that link to redirects).