Should i redirect “ugly” url to friendly url?
I use mod_rewrite to rewrite https://example.com/?page=some-page&tab=2 to https://example.com/articles/some-page/2. But people can still access both URLs.
I want to know: should i redirect the "ugly" URL to the friendly URL?
Does that improve my SEO? And why?
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I use mod_rewrite to rewrite https://example.com/?page=some-page&tab=2 to https://example.com/articles/some-page/2. But people can still access both URLs.
I want to know: should i redirect the "ugly" URL to the friendly URL?
Does that improve my SEO? And why?
seo htaccess mod-rewrite
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I use mod_rewrite to rewrite https://example.com/?page=some-page&tab=2 to https://example.com/articles/some-page/2. But people can still access both URLs.
I want to know: should i redirect the "ugly" URL to the friendly URL?
Does that improve my SEO? And why?
seo htaccess mod-rewrite
asked 1 hour ago
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I use mod_rewrite to rewrite https://example.com/?page=some-page&tab=2 to https://example.com/articles/some-page/2. But people can still access both URLs.
I want to know: should i redirect the "ugly" URL to the friendly URL?
Does that improve my SEO? And why?
seo htaccess mod-rewrite
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It creates duplicate content issue and Search Engines dislike duplicate content.
Ugly url MUST be validly redirect to seo friendly URLs to avoid duplicate content/pages issue.
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You only need to redirect the "ugly" URL if you had changed the URL structure and the "ugly" URLs had already been indexed by search engines and/or linked to by third parties. In this case, it is essential to redirect the old "ugly" URLs in order to preserve SEO.
However, if you implemented the "pretty" URLs from the very beginning - and these are the only URLs being referenced, then it's unlikely that redirecting the "ugly" URLs would make any difference in terms of SEO. You should already have the appropriate rel="canonical" tags in-place, which further negates the requirement to implement redirects from the "ugly" URLs.
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It creates duplicate content issue and Search Engines dislike duplicate content.
Ugly url MUST be validly redirect to seo friendly URLs to avoid duplicate content/pages issue.
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It creates duplicate content issue and Search Engines dislike duplicate content.
Ugly url MUST be validly redirect to seo friendly URLs to avoid duplicate content/pages issue.
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Nandla
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It creates duplicate content issue and Search Engines dislike duplicate content.
Ugly url MUST be validly redirect to seo friendly URLs to avoid duplicate content/pages issue.
answered 1 hour ago
Nandla
3563
It creates duplicate content issue and Search Engines dislike duplicate content.
Ugly url MUST be validly redirect to seo friendly URLs to avoid duplicate content/pages issue.
answered 1 hour ago
Nandla
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answered 1 hour ago
Nandla
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You only need to redirect the "ugly" URL if you had changed the URL structure and the "ugly" URLs had already been indexed by search engines and/or linked to by third parties. In this case, it is essential to redirect the old "ugly" URLs in order to preserve SEO.
However, if you implemented the "pretty" URLs from the very beginning - and these are the only URLs being referenced, then it's unlikely that redirecting the "ugly" URLs would make any difference in terms of SEO. You should already have the appropriate rel="canonical" tags in-place, which further negates the requirement to implement redirects from the "ugly" URLs.
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You only need to redirect the "ugly" URL if you had changed the URL structure and the "ugly" URLs had already been indexed by search engines and/or linked to by third parties. In this case, it is essential to redirect the old "ugly" URLs in order to preserve SEO.
However, if you implemented the "pretty" URLs from the very beginning - and these are the only URLs being referenced, then it's unlikely that redirecting the "ugly" URLs would make any difference in terms of SEO. You should already have the appropriate rel="canonical" tags in-place, which further negates the requirement to implement redirects from the "ugly" URLs.
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MrWhite
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You only need to redirect the "ugly" URL if you had changed the URL structure and the "ugly" URLs had already been indexed by search engines and/or linked to by third parties. In this case, it is essential to redirect the old "ugly" URLs in order to preserve SEO.
However, if you implemented the "pretty" URLs from the very beginning - and these are the only URLs being referenced, then it's unlikely that redirecting the "ugly" URLs would make any difference in terms of SEO. You should already have the appropriate rel="canonical" tags in-place, which further negates the requirement to implement redirects from the "ugly" URLs.
answered 41 mins ago
MrWhite
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You only need to redirect the "ugly" URL if you had changed the URL structure and the "ugly" URLs had already been indexed by search engines and/or linked to by third parties. In this case, it is essential to redirect the old "ugly" URLs in order to preserve SEO.
However, if you implemented the "pretty" URLs from the very beginning - and these are the only URLs being referenced, then it's unlikely that redirecting the "ugly" URLs would make any difference in terms of SEO. You should already have the appropriate rel="canonical" tags in-place, which further negates the requirement to implement redirects from the "ugly" URLs.
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