New site redirect old products links

[Rainbow6]

Hi, I have just launched a new website based on a existing site my products on the old site had links as below:

products.asp?tid=&pid=130
products.asp?tid=&pid=128

Now I have products urls such as

my_product_name

How do I got about re-directing the old links to my new site? The new site is written in php and the old site asp.

Thanks.

[deepsand]

You seem to be describing internal links on the old site.

Why would they need to be redirected?

[Rainbow6]

You seem to be describing internal links on the old site.

Why would they need to be redirected?

So it's fine to leave them to 404 page not found?

[weegillis]

So it's fine to leave them to 404 page not found?

That depends. Is the old site still up, or is it gone from the web?

Are they still the same products? Are you trying to keep their indexed references alive, or do want them to disappear from the index? If the latter, then yes, just leave them with 404 so the SE's will see it and remove them. If the former, then you will want at the very least a blanket redirect from the old site (assuming it is still up) to the new one. If the site is gone, (no namespace) then there is no form of redirect you can use, and your new site will have to strike out fresh.

You don't want 404 coming up for anything in the index if you still want to use that reference, that's the main thing. Perhaps you can narrow the field to just redirect a group of old pages to a new main catalog page for that group?

[Rainbow6]

That depends. Is the old site still up, or is it gone from the web?

Are they still the same products? Are you trying to keep their indexed references alive, or do want them to disappear from the index? If the latter, then yes, just leave them with 404 so the SE's will see it and remove them. If the former, then you will want at the very least a blanket redirect from the old site (assuming it is still up) to the new one. If the site is gone, (no namespace) then there is no form of redirect you can use, and your new site will have to strike out fresh.

You don't want 404 coming up for anything in the index if you still want to use that reference, that's the main thing. Perhaps you can narrow the field to just redirect a group of old pages to a new main catalog page for that group?

The old site has been recently re-worked re-coded etc, better meta keywords (if they still count) and descriptions, Better page content and page speed and so on. Pretty much the same products just with cleaner url's. Hopefully the new site will 'strike out' like you say.. Just wanted to know the best way to handle this I have built a few 'new' sites before but never taken one over with a few hundred products. And really just need to know the best way to go about handling those old links.

[deepsand]

So it's fine to leave them to 404 page not found?

In order to get a 404, one first has to click on a link, or enter the URL into a browser's Address/Location bar.

If the old site is no longer up, how is anyone going to find those old internal links?

[Rainbow6]

In order to get a 404, one first has to click on a link, or enter the URL into a browser's Address/Location bar.

If the old site is no longer up, how is anyone going to find those old internal links?

When I search google for products within my site I see the old links in search results when I click then I get the 404 page not found from my current site.

The old site has just been re-built.

[deepsand]

So, there are now two sites, presenting the same content, but in a different context and/or manner?

Are you reverting to the old site? Or, do you intend to continue with both?

[williamc]

How do I got about re-directing the old links to my new site? The new site is written in php and the old site asp.

To answer the OPs question, here is a tutorial on 301 redirects: http://www.stepforth.com/resources/w...-302-redirect/

To answer deepsands initial question, he would want to redirect old product urls to the new format urls for the same products for several reasons:

one being that the pagerank will be reassigned properly to the new url, and two being that any old urls still showing in serps get redirected to the 'proper' product page making sure the end user gets where they wanted to be.

[deepsand]

The theoretical issues are fully understood.

It is the facts on the ground that are slow to come in; and, which now seem to be changing.