SEO guys I need some suggestions on this

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  • crockett
    in a van by the river
    • May 2003
    • 76818
    #1

    SEO guys I need some suggestions on this

    Ok I asked this question some time back and I didn't really get a good answer so I'll try again.

    I have a site that is several pages deep. index.html gets a decent amount of SE traffic and some of the other pages get some as well. I want to put up a warning page and I'm not quite sure how to do it with out losing the SE traffic, as index.html gets the bulk of the SE traffic.

    I have built a second page to replace the index (basically a copy of index.html) and have started pushing some links in that direction. However is there a good way to try to move the SE traffic in that direction?

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    • xanx
      Confirmed User
      • Apr 2002
      • 3711
      #2
      change all your back links to point to this new page, your SE traffic will bypass the warning page eventually but o-well. I'm not a huge fan of warning pages unless they are actually optimized to what your looking to do.

      There is a guy out there now that optimized about a zillion warning pages to different terms and he seems to be doing ok for now. That's something you may want to think about even though it's kinda cheesy and google looks at it badly.

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        • crockett
          in a van by the river
          • May 2003
          • 76818
          #3
          Originally posted by xanx
          change all your back links to point to this new page, your SE traffic will bypass the warning page eventually but o-well. I'm not a huge fan of warning pages unless they are actually optimized to what your looking to do.

          There is a guy out there now that optimized about a zillion warning pages to different terms and he seems to be doing ok for now. That's something you may want to think about even though it's kinda cheesy and google looks at it badly.
          well I am optimizing my warning pages but I don't want to lose my current raking on the index.html if the SE's don't like it for some reason.

          I don't mind if the SE enginesfind pages inside the warning area.. I just want to put a warning page up for type in traffic, so if worst case ever happens I can at least say I had a warning page in place.
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            • warlock5
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2004
              • 2808
              #4
              you could possibly make the warning some kind of java thing that covers the page.

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                • crockett
                  in a van by the river
                  • May 2003
                  • 76818
                  #5
                  Originally posted by warlock5
                  you could possibly make the warning some kind of java thing that covers the page.
                  no.. that wouldn't be a smart Idea for me to do being it's a TGP site..

                  I'm just trying to set the site up like all my other sites and have a warning page. I bought this site and it was already established with the main page on index.html. I need to change that, but I don't want to lose my SE traffic.
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                    • baddog
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 107089
                      #6
                      try adding a site map

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                        • WiredGuy
                          Pounding Googlebot
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 34517
                          #7
                          .htaccess redirection can work based on either the referral or botname. Or you could just change the index page right now to a warning page and have it go to the new page.

                          WG
                          I play with Google.

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                            • crockett
                              in a van by the river
                              • May 2003
                              • 76818
                              #8
                              Originally posted by WiredGuy
                              .htaccess redirection can work based on either the referral or botname. Or you could just change the index page right now to a warning page and have it go to the new page.

                              WG
                              If I just stick up the warning on index.html will I not lose a lot of SE traffic being the new page is not really ranked high enough to pull any good search amounts?
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                                • WiredGuy
                                  Pounding Googlebot
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 34517
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by crockett
                                  If I just stick up the warning on index.html will I not lose a lot of SE traffic being the new page is not really ranked high enough to pull any good search amounts?
                                  Yes, unless you make the page more or less identical other than making the warning section. Eventually the engines will follow the links to the new page.

                                  WG
                                  I play with Google.

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