Changing horses mid-stream (Permalinks)

  • My site has grown considerably since it went online a few years ago. How would changing the permalink structure at this point affect people’s bookmarks and search engine listings? Would an old link redirect to its new location, or would they get a “Page not found”?

    Best regards
    Geir Rosset
    Oslo
    Norway

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  • It depends on the permalink structure you’re using now, and the structure you want to move to. In most cases your old URL’s will break. A way around this is redirecting your old URL’s to the new ones through your .htaccess file.

    Yoast offers a permalink helper tool to help you write 301 redirects. The code it generates will redirect all URL’s matching your old post format to the /%postname/ format.

    301 redirects are used for permanent URL redirection and won’t affect your rankings in search engine listings.

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