What about SEO
A 301 redirect tells Google that a post or a page have moved permanently.
According to Moz, 90-99% of the ranking power of the old article is transferred to the new article when Google detects a 301 redirect.
When you are done with the transfer of all pages and posts, you should generate a new sitemap for both websites and submit them to Google.
You should also do a complete fetch as Google for both sites.
In Webmaster tools, the redirects will show as redirects, but don't worry about that. The redirects are legit and they are not error messages.
In search results, the old page and post may appear for quite some time, even after submitting a sitemap and fetching as Google.
Don't worry about that. This will adjust itself over time and it has no effect on whether visitors find the post or not. They are lead to the right place.
Next: Other use of a 301 redirect
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I have outgrown my original Siterubix website and i need to change over ro a stand alone website.
I know i can use information in this tutotial. Thank you for writing it.
I. Have over 500 comments that i would like to take with me to the new domain. Do you have and ideas around that?
I see that triblu has also asked that question.
Thanks and i look forward to hearing your reply.
(Most likely this is not a 'moving' of the site, it is more a change of where the new domain is pointing.)
If moving single posts and wanting to keep comments, you can do an export/import like suggested in a comment below.
I will update the training to mention this.
You are right of course that would be an easy #1st question to ask.
Thanks for the tips. I have still book marked this training in case I need it. Cheers
