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Ask Bill Hartzer: We redesigned our website, pushed it live but did not catalogue our old URLs. What do we do?

Bill Hartzer

Someone recently asked me about redirecting their old web pages (their old URLs) to the new URLs because they redesigned their website. However, we forgot to catalogue all of the old URLs on the old website, and therefore we have no way of knowing what the old URLs were on the site, so we can redirect them to the new URLs.

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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

SocMed Sean

–Sean As more and more new sites hit the Web on a daily basis, the adoption of WordPress as a content management system seems to keep on growing. My Related Posts widget now is just a custom HTML widget with the links to my most popular posts that I gather from Google Analytics. Bad for user experience, bad for SEO.

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Four SEO Tips for WordPress Websites

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WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system. Not only is it used by almost a quarter of new webmasters, it’s also the system of choice for 17% of Alexa’s top one million sites on the web. Optimize Your Page URLs. You need to take a look at the page URLs on your site. Get an SEO Plugin.

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Tech Tip: 3 Simple Things You Can Do To Improve The Backend Of Your Site

SocMed Sean

To get you started on the right track, here are 3 simple ways to make the management of your website/blog backend much simpler: URL Rewriting The Apache server has a mode rewrite module which will give you the opportunity to effectively redirect one URL to another. By default, WordPress has a terrible URL structure.

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7+ WordPress Plugins For Every Website

Firebelly

WordPress is one of the best website content management systems out there – and not just for blogs. Google Analytics for WordPress – It’s essential to track your website visitors, and Google Analytics is the best and easiest way to keep track of everything about your website’s population.

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Website Migration: 26 Considerations for Migrating to a New Website

Razor Social

You want to see what works and what doesn’t work and Google Analytics behavior flow report will help you understand this. When you launch a new website, you’ll want to apply 301 redirects to the pages from the old site that no longer exist or that exist with a different URL. Check your analytics. Get training.

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How to Track Social Media in Google Analytics (Beginners Start Here!)

Hootsuite

Google Analytics is an important tool for any digital marketer. Providing details about social traffic and conversions, Google Analytics social media reports are an important resource to help you prove social ROI. What is Google Analytics? What is Google Analytics? A note about Google Analytics 4.

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