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Nefrit · 12-26-2007, 06:13 AM

'm considering migrating my current site (static web pages) into Joomla!. I rank pretty high in all 3 major search engines and do not want to lose these rankings, what do you suggest? Should I go for Joomla!? Should I redirect the highly ranked pages? I'm a bit worried but my site's growing and I need some kind of CMS. Any other option?
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weblord · 12-27-2007, 03:08 AM

what site? joomla can also handle seo-friendly pages.

Hunter1 · 12-27-2007, 03:11 AM

If you switch to Joomla it will be like starting all over because you will be in a content management system, thus changing the URLs for your site pages and you will then lose all of your indexed pages in the serps!!! Depending on when you do it, you could lose some or all of your PR as well if it is mid-way through a Goog update!

weblord · 12-27-2007, 04:15 AM

never thought about it but you can preserve the se traffic at least just use 404 redirect

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Originally Posted by Hunter1

If you switch to Joomla it will be like starting all over because you will be in a content management system, thus changing the URLs for your site pages and you will then lose all of your indexed pages in the serps!!! Depending on when you do it, you could lose some or all of your PR as well if it is mid-way through a Goog update!

sunken · 12-27-2007, 07:35 AM

He's right about losing ground. I redesigned my site and lost a whole page rank because of it. I have been hesitant ever since. Not sure if I would switch to Joomla at this point if you have a lot of high rankings.

sekuchi · 12-28-2007, 09:44 AM

Hi,
I'm using Joomla, is there anything I can do to make it more friendly in the search engines?
Thanks...

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Hunter1 The Dev Hunter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana USA Posts: 1,815 iTrader: 9 / 100% Hunter Bux: 18,036.33 Blog Entries: 3	If you switch to Joomla it will be like starting all over because you will be in a content management system, thus changing the URLs for your site pages and you will then lose all of your indexed pages in the serps!!! Depending on when you do it, you could lose some or all of your PR as well if it is mid-way through a Goog update! __________________ Website Launch l Bid for Position l Website Advertising l phpLD Template Blogl Bid for Top l WordPress Theme Blog

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12-27-2007, 07:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
sunken Field Master Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 546 iTrader: 0 / 0% Hunter Bux: 0	He's right about losing ground. I redesigned my site and lost a whole page rank because of it. I have been hesitant ever since. Not sure if I would switch to Joomla at this point if you have a lot of high rankings.

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sekuchi Field Master Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 185 iTrader: 0 / 0% Hunter Bux: 0	Hi, I'm using Joomla, is there anything I can do to make it more friendly in the search engines? Thanks...