I have a site which is under going a total retivation. The new site
will not have the same URL naming structure as the current site. I have
301 Redirects in place to handle the indexed links in the search
engines and any bookmarks. The big question is: Once the "new" site
goes live and the search engines (Google) crawl the site, what happens
to the none existant links that are already indexed in the search
engines? Do the search engines ever verify their own link indexes?

I have a feeling one of the following takes place:
1.) They disappear on their own.
2.) The site gets tagged for duplicate content and I have to tell the
search engines to delete the "old" links from their indexes.

Do I leave a sitemap in place with the old/current pages listed, but
non-existent and the 301 kicks in there, also, when the BOTs hit the
site?

Thanks in advance.

"JoatMon" <dennis.karnes@webdex.biz> wrote ...
> The big question is: Once the "new" site
> goes live and the search engines (Google) crawl the site, what happens
> to the none existant links that are already indexed in the search
> engines? Do the search engines ever verify their own link indexes?

They will eventually disappear, but it could be a while.

That doesn't matter much because:

1. New URLs will (generally) appear above the old ones in any search after a
short period.

2. If someone clicks on an 'old' item, your 301 will take them where they
need to be - 95% won't even notice.

3. You have a user friendly 404 page in case of emergencies, don't you? ;o)
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:18:47 +0200, JoatMon <dennis.karnes@webdex.biz>
wrote:

> I have a site which is under going a total retivation. The new site
> will not have the same URL naming structure as the current site. I have
> 301 Redirects in place to handle the indexed links in the search
> engines and any bookmarks. The big question is:

Teh big question is - is it worth to try?

If your site is already spidered and has reasonable SERPs, don't do that.
301 will eventually work, but it may take months, besides, if your pages
are linked to from the outside, you will need to keep these 301s forever.
IMHO urls are not that important to risk changes when your site already
works.

Best,
Borek
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Borek wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:18:47 +0200, JoatMon <dennis.karnes@webdex.biz>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a site which is under going a total retivation. The new site
> > will not have the same URL naming structure as the current site. I have
> > 301 Redirects in place to handle the indexed links in the search
> > engines and any bookmarks. The big question is:
>
> Teh big question is - is it worth to try?
>
> If your site is already spidered and has reasonable SERPs, don't do that.
> 301 will eventually work, but it may take months, besides, if your pages
> are linked to from the outside, you will need to keep these 301s forever.
> IMHO urls are not that important to risk changes when your site already
> works.
>
> Best,
> Borek
> --
> http://www.chembuddy.com
> http://www.ph-meter.info
> http://www.terapia-kregoslupa.waw.pl

Totally agree.
If still you want to go on with the 301 redirects, expect to seriously
drop in the serps.

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