Permanent Redirect for 404 error

Hi All,

I have a Magento store consisting more than 10,000 products. It is an Indian fashion wears for women that I have started before two years. Unfortunately, I didn't have any idea about SEO and I have kept its URL formation default except the product names.

Therefore, the URL of a product page consists of store name, category name and subcategory name. Thus it becomes too lengthy and you know Go ogle don't like much lengthy URLs. Now, I want to shorten them and wish to remove store name, categories names.

If I have done this before two years simply telling Magento backend that would be better, but today I have done lots of off-page SEO and plenty of my customers have bookmarked my pages. In due course, before removing store name and category name through Magento Admin I would like to install any pluging or script or do something that gives permanent redirect for my pages i.e. all pages simultaneously so I can save my time to fill up all 10,000 fields twice.

Does any one help me in this regard? if any, I would be grateful a lot.

I think you should keep current URL structure, it will change a lot of keywords position after you change to new URL structure. It 's too sensitive. Only need to turn on canonical then it 's good enough.

10k urls re-index is not a small number for google accept to trust new url in a short time. You should consider to keep current url instead of moving new solution. 301 will work for user but not 100% keep trust url and rank for google.

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Originally Posted by wphd

10k urls re-index is not a small number for google accept to trust new url in a short time. You should consider to keep current url instead of moving new solution. 301 will work for user but not 100% keep trust url and rank for google.

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Thanks, you are right here, immediate changes may be considered as some unusual activities. By the way I have enabled canonical so duplicate content is no more issue here.

404 error redirection is bettor for website according to SEO point of View. You should design 404 page. http://flickspoint.com/technology/in...-list-445.html

You should 4o4 redirect to create 404 page or home page is the best page for 404 error redirection.

404 error redirect to home page or another 404 page that is good for website.