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bobdenotter / seo

Bolt SEO extension
https://bobdenotter.github.io/seo/
MIT License
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[RFC] No more 404, 301 to new URLs #70

Open artggd opened 6 years ago

artggd commented 6 years ago

Hi, Redirecting old URLs to new ones is a feature often demanded by SEO experts to avoid 404. It would be a nice addition to this extension. This feature could be part of Bolt's core but I guess it'll also have to account for shortlink once it's implemented (#20). Hence I'm opening this issue here rather than on Bolt's repository.

Cheers

GwendolenLynch commented 6 years ago

The problem is "expert" does not equal someone telling you what you need to know, or who knows what they are talking about. Yes, 404s will wear a penalty, but the responsibility of how to manage that should never ever ever be a machine's decision. Like, you know, evaaaar :smile:

IMO this has no place in an SEO extension, as it violates a tonne of design principles for a start, and well-understood principles for site architecture secondly.

zomars commented 6 years ago

This sounds more like a job for Bolt Redirector IMHO.