Need to know if this could be dangerous

[teconsite]

We have recently launched an store, and we had created 301 redirects from the old product pages to the new ones. But we found that the new website performance was a quite slow, and that it would improve a lot if you add a number at the end of the product page url. But that implies to change the 301 redirect and to add a new one for the pages that has already been updated by the search engine.

I mean.

www.store.com/oscommerce/catalog/productpage.html

has been now 301 redirected to

www.store.com/sectionname/productpage

this was 48 hours ago.

But now, (I know it, we should check this before...) we need to change the url to

www.store.com/sectionname/productpage/5487

this way the performance improves a lot.

But we are afraid of doing two 301 in just 48 hours.

any advice?
Shoud we find another way of solving the performance issue?

Thanks

[teconsite]

Thank you!!!

[AL123al]

I had a very similar problem a few weeks back on an ecommerce site and followed the same advice and there has been no problems if that helps.

[RobertFisher]

I think if you simply do the 301s and then resubmit your sitemap you will be fine. Don't worry over the short duration of the change. I am open to others opinions, but I did this for a large site we manage (not a product but a reference site) with over 1200 pages. No probs.

Best

[teconsite]

Hi robert,

thank you very much for your anwser. What you say is :

301 from

www.store.com/oscommerce/catalog/productpage.html

to

www.store.com/sectionname/productpage/5487

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And not to 301 from

www.store.com/sectionname/productpage

to

www.store.com/sectionname/productpage/5487

---

But what will happen with the pages that Google have already redirected from the old ones to the new ones? Or maybe this process is not as fast as I belived...?

[RobertFisher]

Put in the new 301 and go forward. You should be fine. Best.

Robert

Quick edit for clarification. Don't 301 from the new page to the newest page. Take out the old 301's and put in the new. Keep it simple.