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Old 08-25-2007, 04:57 AM
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Default Re: Redesign of site, what to look out for?

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Obviously from the posts here; this has had some negative effect on some, but no effect on some others. There could be a wide variety of factors why. Personally, I wouldn't risk it and is why I haven't made any site-wide changes to CSS. I've heard many state that changing their site over to CSS caused them to be deleted or at least harmed in (no surprise), google, and I cannot risk that.
OK Clint. This is enough. Your comments are misleading. If the site is designed by people with serious knowledge and experience in web site development (including accessibility, usability, navigation, semantical structure, seo, collective intelligence programming, etc) there is no chance that something can go wrong.

To be more clear about this, I have a question a question: What is if someone makes some minor but bloody changes on his site. Is there no danger to screw up the site's rankings? If I would redesign a site, I can guarantee the site owner that such an unprofessional and primitive issue with never happen. If you are unsure if YOU will manage to design a site and wont have a negative affect, don't draw others into your problems. You are putting everyone in one pot; Professionals and Scummers. So please give that up. Too much is too much. Please!

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If you absolutely have to make the changes, then I would only do it to a few minor pages at once, pages that are indexed in all SE's with stability.
As I said above. What if the minor issues are not suitable. Won't they have a negative effect?

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Then submit the URL's to the SE's and keep watching for the cached version of the pages to change to the new layout. Then once they do, watch their SERP's for a few weeks. If there's no change, then do the rest of the pages. If there's a negative change, then don't do it, or do it and then you'll knew to expect something bad.
WOW!!! That is a new technique for me.

Just my two cents.
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