Good evening, gentlemen experts.

I have been doing SEO for half a year already, I know quite well about website optimization.

Now I have another task - the site has been moved to another engine, respectively, all the URLs of materials on the site have changed, other pages have been added to the site, but new links appear in the search engines and the old ones remain. How can I correctly and accurately remove old links and re-index the site with new pages of the site?

PS I can find the answer to this question in Google, but a small discussion is better than an article that doesn’t fully answer my question.

Thanks for the time!

  • issue 404 for pages that don't exist? - naym
  • @naym there and so 404. Need to remove from search engines. Rather, work with webmaster tools in search engines. - Maqsood pm

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The easiest option is to close the old site from indexing. And the new continue to optimize, optimize and even optimize. Add links and of course update the site almost every day and in 7-10 days the old links will be gone. Yes, after transferring the site to another engine, you need to delete all data from the additional index.

    For "unnecessary" url pages, give the code 404 (does not exist). For "necessary", old ones with "weight" and traffic, code 301 (moved) is given and you get pony old traffic. There is nothing to discuss. Everything is in Google help and in detail.

      Here the most correct option is to catch the old links, and from them put 301 redirects to the new relevant pages. When links (those with backlinks) end - put a redirect to the remaining old ones - to the category (new site, not the main page).

      • Try to write more detailed answers. Explain what is the basis of your statement? - Nicolas Chabanovsky ♦

      When a lot of 404 errors, it is not normal. Google doesn't like them either. It is better to make a 301 redirect to the main page.

      • Try to write more detailed answers. Explain what is the basis of your statement? - Nicolas Chabanovsky ♦