Webshop migration & SEO
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Hi there
I am migrating all products from my current trade website
Whilst both are live, would i have to worry too much about duplicate content and no-follow the pages or is this overkill?
Cheers,
Ben
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Thanks a bunch Mark
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Ben- Good question. Alot depends on how you are doing it. Couple of important points:
If your main site has already been indexed, you will create a duplicate content issue for the new platform site (test server or other url). When we have moved a magento or drupal website to wordpress, we have found on a number of occasions that without no follow the test server site that we have temporarily parked on another url will show up in search results. The BEST way to do it is no follow the pages and then when you upload them to the main URL, remove them. You get no value out of this extra work other than you avoid that issue.
For arguments sake, understand that the duplicate content issue is only an issue for the indexed url where your new platform resides now. If you are converting it back to the original URL then there is no long term value you have lost. If it is a new URL and you are bringing down the original URL, then make sure you dont have ANY duplicate content issues.
Hope this helps..
Mark
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