SEO Tycoon

**Sandman420** · 09-22-2007, 07:16 PM

I am moving an existing site over to a new platform. I have the option to install a mod to specify the exact url's for each page. I could also use 301 redirects. If I install the mod, I am at the mercy of the mod provider to update when a new version of the platform i'm using gets released (if i want to upgrade).

I would like to just use 301 redirects for the few links this site has out there, but do not want to be penalized by the search engines. I am also wary of installing that mod (it modifies a lot of the core files).

What would you do?

**CSS4Life** · 09-22-2007, 07:28 PM

.Htaccess redirects are far less likely to get punished than many other methods anyway (i.e. meta refreshing or something does get frowned upon).

I doubt Google and other search engines will frown upon .htaccess redirects as I just said, although you may see a fluctuation in search engine ranking for a while until Google updates completely.

**Sandman420** · 09-22-2007, 08:24 PM

thanks a bunch, whym. I have seen some of your other posts and they always seem informative