Found a Typo in URL, what's the best practice to fix it?

[joony2008]

Wordpress 3.4, Yoast, Multisite

The URL is supposed to be "www.myexample.com/great-site"

but I just found that it's "www.myexample.com/gre-atsite"

It is a relatively new site but we already pointed several internal links to "www.myexample.com/gre-atsite"

What's the best practice to correct this? Which option is more desirable?

1.Creating a new page

I found that Yoast has "301 redirect" option in the Advanced tap

Can I just create a new page(exact same page) and put noindex, nofollow and redirect it to http://www.myexample.com/great-site

OR

2. htacess redirect rule

simply change the URL to http://www.myexample.com/great-site

and update it, and add

Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://www.myexample.com/gre-atsite$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.myexample.com/great-site$1 [R=301,L]

[joony2008]

Thank you Dan!

Wordpress 3.4 did have some redirecting features. but it didn't correct typos

so our solution was just fix the URL, changed all the internal links and used 301 direct using an example here

http://www.squidoo.com/301

If anyone facing this problem, here is your answer!

[evolvingSEO]

Hi

I actually think WordPress now does the redirects and fixes internal links now when you update the permalink. Try just updating it and see if they get fixed. (Although it may not catch internal links you've added within posts etc, just in the main menu).

If WordPress doesn't do this, just change the URL, change all internal links as needed and also use a 301 redirect.

A fast way to look for bad internal links is with Screaming Frog SEO Spider.

Hope that helps!

-Dan

[Delete2012]

Why not just use Redirect 301 /gre-atsites http://www.myexample.com/great-site ?

[AlanMosley]

Dont use redirects if you can avoid it, they do not pass all the link juice,

Make the correct page, and fix the internal links. delete the old page.