Redirection of all pages?

[TWM]

I am creating a completely new system for my 800+ page website. Basically done. I am going to redirect all the old URLS to their new counterpart. EX: http://google.com/name/woot.php is the old and i will redirect it to http://google.com/sections/name/woot.html, or something like that.

Should i use a permanent 301 redirect in a .htaccess file? And if so, how long should i keep that file up before all the SE's update their indexs'

 

[shockie]

you should keep it up for as along as you can, and i don't see why you'd want to take it down anyway since it takes up a very small amount of space. if you get new backlinks to those old urls then you would also want the redirect to occur.

 

[TWM]

Is their any other way to do this since i have over 800 pages or do i need a .htacces file that has 800+ lines all doing a 301 redirect?

 

[shockie]

depending on the format of how your old/new urls, an asterisk (*) might do the trick instead of 800+ lines.

 

[SiberForum]

How people reach your web site? I believe form main page and in this case I think that redirect for the main page only will be enough for you.

 

[TWM]

But google has indexed over 800 pages. I wanted to setup up the redirection for Google, directories and other links that are out there. Any thoughts?

 

[angilina]

You can use rewrite condition. That will be 2-3 lines of code in.htaccess. But it is only possible if you have a URL structure that can be redirected via this method.

 

[manju1]

can we redirect our all pages ?
is it beneficial for our site or not