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Hi,

I am wondering what the best practice is when a site has an index page and a home page?

I have two pages, listed below, and want to know if I should 301 redirect my "index" page to my standard home page.  The home page is where I would like all traffic to fall on for our website.  Additionally, I used the rel=canonical tag years ago on the index page to indicate that the home page is the main content.

Home Page - https://www.1099pro.com/ (PA 45)

• Home Page Canonical:  rel="canonical" href="https://www.1099pro.com/"/>

Index Page - https://www.1099pro.com/index.asp (PA - 33)

• Index Page Canonical:  rel="canonical" href="https://www.1099pro.com/"/>

It seems to me that there is some extra juice that could be passed to my home page (which is the page that ranks highly for our major keywords) by 301 redirecting the index page.  Is there any reason why I should not do that?

Really appreciate any help - especially with extra explanations - for the simple minded like me ;)!

-Michael

Hi Sean,

Thanks so much for responding!  I am keeping all the URL's the same - just like you mentioned (no redirects at all).  That's great news and makes my life considerably less stressed

-Michael

Hello Fellow Moz'ers,

My company's website, www.1099pro.com, is currently OLD and not mobile-friendly!  However, we rank #1 for out most important keywords and don't want to lose that ranking.

I've recently redesigned our site, currently in testing, to use the same standard desktop pages but to also have responsive, mobile friendly, pages for different view ports.

My question is if anyone knows an estimated time frame that search engines (mainly Google) takes to re-crawl the site and restore SERP rankings to their previous levels?  The reason is because we are HIGHLY seasonal and if we are not back at our top rankings by early December, at latest (November would be better), then we stand the chance to lose a considerable amount of traffic/revenue.

-The Unenlightened One

Hi Chris,

Thank you - that is what I am referring too.  I work in taxes so I'm sure that we have some visually impaired customers - I will continue to put the attribute on my links!

-The SEO Impaired

Hello To Those Who Are Wiser Than I,

I am wondering if the href link "title" tag is needed, or serves any purpose, on mobile websites?  Also, does it effect SEO in any way?

I ask because generally the href link title tag provides more information to the user when they scroll their mouse over the link - but this action does not happen on mobile!  Users have no mouse and thus no extra information would be displayed.

I'm really wondering if it still matters for SEO purposes on mobile though.

-The UnEnlightened

Thank you everyone!  I've come to the conclusion that I'll be waiting to make the transition until after the busy season.

I appreciate all the help!

Thanks Host1.  Is there a worst case scenario?  I've done 301 re-directs from #1 ranking pages and not seen the redirected page in the top 10 search results for weeks.

Hey,

I am working on transitioning a website and all of my current URL's will be slightly changed (moving to dynamic pages).  I understand that I will need to 301 redirect all the old pages to their new counterparts but I would like to know how long it will take for the 301 redirects to take full effect in the search rankings.

I ask because my site is an e-commerce site that receives 90% of it's business in January and the transition would take place December 15th.  If my search rankings are not back up to par by January 1st then I will take a drastic hit to revenue.

Please help this SEO noob out!

That's good to hear and thanks for the input!

The MOZ page grader told me that over 100 links was too many and so did a commenter from a separate post.  All clear now though.

Hello Geniuses, Prodigies, and Experts of the Field,

My website pages for www.1099pro.com have too many links on one page, something like 150-175, and I understand that each page should ideally be under 100.  Most of these links, approx 105, come from dropdown navigation options in the header toolbar or the footer links.

It is my take that these links make our site easier to navigate but I'm sure that they are hurting my pagerank / SERPs.  Is there a best way to handle a situation like this?  I'd really prefer not to alter the header/footer layout of the entire site by removing 50-75 navigational links.  The only other idea I have is below but I have no idea if it would work.

1. For any link that I do not care to pass pagerank, institute a "nofollow" parameter.  This would be my favorite option if it is viable.

Hey,

I am working on transitioning a website and all of my current URL's will be slightly changed (moving to dynamic pages).  I understand that I will need to 301 redirect all the old pages to their new counterparts but I would like to know how long it will take for the 301 redirects to take full effect in the search rankings.

I ask because my site is an e-commerce site that receives 90% of it's business in January and the transition would take place December 15th.  If my search rankings are not back up to par by January 1st then I will take a drastic hit to revenue.

Please help this SEO noob out!

Hi Chris,

Thank you - that is what I am referring too.  I work in taxes so I'm sure that we have some visually impaired customers - I will continue to put the attribute on my links!

-The SEO Impaired