switching cms, database ?'s, SEO
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read the end of this article:
http://digwp.com/2011/06/dont-us…QUOTE:
This one had me sweating. There are a lot of links out there to CSS-Tricks. I don’t want to lose traffic. That site is decent part of my income. Now all of those incoming links are wrong. That can’t be good for SEO!Well as it turns out, it’s really not that big of a deal. There is a plugin out there that redirects all old posts to the new posts. Don’t use that! You don’t need it. WordPress automatically handles the 301 redirects from the old format to the new format. 301 redirects are what Google needs to know about your new format and update itself and retain your ranks. It’s been five days since my new transition, and even after a little snafu where I left it on a date-based structure while testing a little too long and Google picked it up, I’m right back where I was before and Google is showing my new structure just fine.
ENDQUOTE- also note that top-level link URLs arent bad... Update: This issue is FIXED in WordPress 3.3.vaxorcist