New site, new url - should I redirect from the old site?

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Posted by wpanssi on August 15, 2008 at 9:13pm

I have an old site with some regular users. I would like to make a new version of the site with new url, different content and based on Drupal. The only thing remaining the same is the "idea" of the site and some content (but not all). I was wondering should I make 301 redirection from the old site to the new site? I've noticed that it's actually quite easy to do something wrong when it comes to SEO, so I just want make sure I don't mess up anything..

Thanks!

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If you want to turn off the

Posted by yaph on August 22, 2008 at 10:28pm
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If you want to turn off the old site, a 301 redirect makes sense. If you want to keep your old site, you should add a prominent link pointing to your new site.

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