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Originally Posted by vendot
If youre changing say hot_sexy_babes.html to hotsexybabes.html how do you do it without getting penalized by google for duplicate content?
Do you:
(1) Delete the first and let it 404 and just link from your site to the second.
(2) Have both on your domain but just link to the second so google doesnt index the first when the indexing happens but only indexes the second.
(3) Something else?
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Use 301 redirect from old page to new page. It will give two benefits. 1) Avoid duplicate content penalty. 2) Pass the link popularity (and PageRank) of older page to new one.
And of course don't forget to replace old links with new link, though its not necessary in the presence of 301 redirect, but recommended.