Site Relaunch
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Hello,
I recently launched my new site (Nov. 25, 2011) but still have the old site live because I still need old customer data from the old admin for customer service issues and I cannot delete the old front-end without deleting the old back-end!.
I am seeing a lot of referrals coming from the old site IP address with many backlinks to the new site but dont know if this is actually hurting the new site due to duplicate content, ect ..
Any input would be greatly aaaaaapreciated
Thanks in advance,
Byron-
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I am also with Spencer on this one. If the new site is done, then 301 the old site to the new and just maintain the backend on the old.
If you admin logon is on the same domain, you might have to 301 individual pages over to the new site.
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As Goodnewscowboy says, it is a matter of taste between rel canonical and 301.
My personal preference is to gather everything on the same domain (move the back end) and then do 301. Then all links point to the same domain and users (and staff!) are not confused about too many options.
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Hi Byron. I agree with Spencer re: the rel canonical. Personally I would want to maintain access to the old sites front end during the transition as well as the admin portion. If you 301 it, all you'll see is your new site pages.
But this is purely personal preference. Both the rel acanonical and the 301 are good choices.
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You can always rel canonical tag your old site to pass the juice to the new one and deal with the problem of duplicate content.
Another option, you can 301 redirect all the "front end pages" and just keep your login access to your back end.
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