SEO Tycoon

**Allieso5** · 03-03-2011, 10:32 PM

I have a blog powered by wordpress, and I want to post categories to the main menu, as pages.

I thought about using a redirection plugin, like Redirection; you can find it on wordpress.org (sorry, not allowed to post links). This way, I though about creating pages with the same names as the categories, and do a redirection from each page to the category it represents.

Will this affect the SEO optimization or how google "sees" me?
Thanks!

**Sierra Charlie** · 03-04-2011, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Allieso5

I have a blog powered by wordpress, and I want to post categories to the main menu, as pages.

I thought about using a redirection plugin, like Redirection; you can find it on wordpress.org (sorry, not allowed to post links). This way, I though about creating pages with the same names as the categories, and do a redirection from each page to the category it represents.

Will this affect the SEO optimization or how google "sees" me?
Thanks!

You don't have to redirect. At your navigation (menu, so to speak), put the links to the categories with appropriate anchor text.

I've had SEOMOZ tools tell me that categories have duplicate content. (It's quite obvious. You'd have the same post assigned to different categories. ) But I didn't find any issues at the Google index.

**StoneWilson** · 03-04-2011, 05:49 AM

Hope this one can help.
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=51331

P.s: If you know php language, you can find much more ways to fix wordpress problems, but if you don't know it much, like me, plugins will be good choice.

**habibpkck** · 03-04-2011, 06:07 AM

Hi,
redirection is used, because it helps you to not to affect the ranks of SEO

**chrishirst** · 03-04-2011, 07:41 AM

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Will this affect the SEO optimization or how google "sees" me?
Thanks!

Nope!

Once a page is redirected with a 301 response it ceases to exist!

**laristech** · 03-05-2011, 01:44 AM

I agree with Sierra Charlie. Seomoz tool showed a lot of problems with my site including duplicate content that I did not know I had.

**StoneWilson** · 03-05-2011, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Nope!

Once a page is redirected with a 301 response it ceases to exist!

301? Maybe he just meant add category to NavBar.

**chrishirst** · 03-06-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by laristech

I agree with Sierra Charlie. Seomoz tool showed a lot of problems with my site including duplicate content that I did not know I had.

And do you know that the SEOmoz tool is actually "accurate"?

And of course there is the simple fact that "duplicate content" is not really a major problem for any website.

**full house** · 03-06-2011, 08:47 PM

redirect does not affect your SEO its mainly the users... they got confuse every time they see redirect issues but its better than leading them to wrong pages.

**seo.vijay** · 03-07-2011, 12:34 AM

It doesn't affect SEO at all.

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2011, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by full house

redirect does not affect your SEO its mainly the users... they got confuse every time they see redirect issues but its better than leading them to wrong pages.

How does a redirect confuse users?

**SiberForum** · 03-07-2011, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

How does a redirect confuse users?

I suppose that means that they click om one URL and get to another one they haven't expected.
So far I do not agree with that.
I typed webmaster-talk.com and was redirected to tycoontalk.freelancer.com and there is no confusion for me at all

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2011, 04:09 AM

Do NOT class yourself along with the millions of average users, the vast majority of Search users are not aware of what a URL is never mind notice they are on a different one.

For the most part as long as they are on a page that matches their query they don't care about URLs.

**StoneWilson** · 03-07-2011, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Do NOT class yourself along with the millions of average users, the vast majority of Search users are not aware of what a URL is never mind notice they are on a different one.

For the most part as long as they are on a page that matches their query they don't care about URLs.

The only problem is that is is a big different LOGO and HEADER on the top keep reminding me "Where the hell is this?"

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2011, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by StoneWilson

The only problem is that is is a big different LOGO and HEADER on the top keep reminding me "Where the hell is this?"

Explain?????

**SiberForum** · 03-07-2011, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Do NOT class yourself along with the millions of average users, the vast majority of Search users are not aware of what a URL is never mind notice they are on a different one.

For the most part as long as they are on a page that matches their query they don't care about URLs.

You are right. I just wanted to draw attention on the cases like I have with this forum. I do not believe that is rare for the kind of sites like this.

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2011, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SiberForum

You are right. I just wanted to draw attention on the cases like I have with this forum. I do not believe that is rare for the kind of sites like this.

It's not really been a secret for the past three months.

**SiberForum** · 03-07-2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

It's not really been a secret for the past three months.

I knew that. But for me it is still easier to type in webmaster-talk.com.
No problem

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2011, 04:41 AM

My point precisely, you type in what you know, and end up where you want to be.

The physical location does not really matter to anyone.