Can i do 301 redirect
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So this is what im doing,
301 redirect to my site/allen-webdesign points to main domain
Allen is the city i have a page called local-webdesign with all the cities.
Will this improve my ranking or should i stop?
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Google has also stated that it is no longer an issue. And while it's easy to simply put all your trust in that statement, it's obviously best to take all precautions possible.
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I found a video on moz 301 and it said it was ok maybe i did not understand video correctly. Thank you
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In the past 301 redirects result in around a 15% loss of PageRank. Matt Cutts confirmed this in 2013 when he explained that a 301 loses the exact same amount of PageRank as a link from one page to another.
Most recently, Gary Illyes cryptically announced on Twitter that 3xx (shorthand for all 300) redirects no longer lose PageRank at all.
While these are welcome changes from Google, there are still risks and considerations when moving URLs that go way beyond PageRank.
All redirects carry risk.
While it’s super awesome that Google is no longer “penalizing” 301 redirects through loss of PageRank, keep in mind that PageRank is only one signal out of hundreds that Google uses to rank pages.
Ideally, if you 301 redirect a page to an exact copy of that page, and the only thing that changes is the URL, then in theory you may expect no traffic loss with these new guidelines.
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