Old indexed google links

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

I recently changed my phpBB folder name to golf_carts. I updated all my links and did a 301 redirect using the old phpBB2/index.php file to the new golf_carts/index.php. Google has indexed 549 pages from my site but they all have the old url and they come up as dead links now. I have been trying to do a mod-rewrite with htaccess and I cant get it too work. I do have a linux server.

Can someone show me the proper way to redirect all those dead URL's to golf_carts/index.php?

dcz · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

And Welcome Very Happy

Well, you need more than index.php redirection, if the phpBB2/ folder does not exist any more, you can redirect all at once using .htaccess :

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

The phpBB2 folder does exsist but only for a subfolder called "userpix". Is there a way I can keep that folder and still do a re-write? I need to keep the phpBB2 folder and subfolder "userpix" intact or my image urls are all bad.

dcz · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

You can try :

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

Well...I have tried all those and a few others. I am going to have to contact my host and make sure I have the mod-rewrite module loaded. I cant get any kind of response from using ANY combination in the .htaccess file.

dcz · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

What is your full .htaccess code ?

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

At the moment the codes is as follows.

dcz · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

Could you try :

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

I obviously dont have mod-rewrite on my server.....(Thats go-daddy for you)....I'm gonna have to get off there hosting service.

Anyways...The viewtopic and veiwforum mod you suggested works perfect.

Thank you dcz!!

I also summited the new sitemap file....So everythig should be good for now....My next mod will be mixed-mode re-write.

dcz · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

Another think I did not thought of is :

roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

I was wrong in my earlier statement...it seems the htaccess file is working now. Is installation of the htaccess file something that takes effect immediately? I thought the viewforum and viewtopic files were doing the trick but when I removed the htaccess file it quit working...put it back and it started working again....Sorry for the confusion on my part.

Thanks again dcz!

dcz · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links

Usually it's active right when uploaded, but it can be delayed a bit on shared and clustered hosting, depending on the circumstances.

Its not often in all cases, and should no last more than few seconds.

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roady89 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

Thank you so much dcz.....there must have been some lag with the .htaccess file...Works perfect now. This is what i ended up with. I kept all the old images in phpBB2/userpix/ and then changed the new upload URL to golf_carts/userpix/ so now everything is working perfectly as well as my indexed pages on google.

dcz · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Old indexed google links