SEO: 301 redirects

0:00 Overview 301 Redirects
0:31 What is a 301 Redirect
0:47 Why is a 301 Redirect Important?
1:12 Examples of 301 Redirects
2:00 Joomla 301 Redirects
2:52 WordPress 301 Redirects
3:19 Google Search Console for 301 Redirects
3:39 Wrap-up 301 Redirects

When you need to change URLs or SEF URLs on your page or remove your content, most people remove the old URL to handle the job. The problem is that at some point Google and other search engines have already indexed that URL. When search engines realize that your indexed URL leads to a 404 error, it penalizes your organic rankings, which can severely hinder your rankings. To help solve this problem, it is crucial that you implement 301 redirects on your website.

[troyangles]

Thanks for this info. Very clear.
I have a website that started off as a woocommerce ecommerce site but turned it into a blog. I want to create a new site with the same URL but don't want the 20, 000 product, EAN, tags, shop pages and pages auto generated by woocommerce anymore (i used xml-sitemap to see how many pages my site has). Some of the pages will be rewritten and 301'd to new pages. But for the most part I won't need most of the site. Would it be best to noindex those pages or 301 Redirect to my home page? Would this affect my crawl budget if they still exist even though redirected? Thanks

[themicrobladingguyronniema]

Hi so here's a question... I have a local business. my website has maybe a hundred backlinks and nothing too special. Domain Authority may be around 2-3 ( you get the idea). Now, my keywords only really rank for local keywords like eyebrows orlando or eyebrows in orlando ect.. i bought an expired domain that has over 70k backlinks and DA is somewhere around 50+ and the keywords, for example, would be less detailed but extremely competitive ranking all 80 plus keywords on first page of google like eyebrows, eyebrows near me, the best eyebrows ect. so my question to you is this, because the new domain i bought has all these keyword rankings and link juice, would it make more sense to i guess replace my existing domain name that iv started with to the ranking one or have it redirected? if i have it redirected will that ranking domain keep all its keyword rankings and add it to my existing domain? Will i have to redo my whole seo to fit all those newer keywords or will they just carry over? So if redirecting doesnt all carry over the rankings do i just redirect my the 1st domain i started with to the ranked domain? If i did that would i loose all my local keywords even if all that content and seo all stays the same? What would be best?