I have a lot of pages that have the underscore instead of the dashes and use google analytics. I also have some that have the name run together such as cemeterytranscriptions? Should I just leave well enough alone or change the page names? http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armpgs/index.htm Patti Vance Hays ~ You live as long as you are remembered ~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "TinaClarke" <TinaClarke@clarke-abstract-art.com> To: <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] FREEPAGES-HELP Google & page renaming question > >> Judy wrote "But, I was looking through Google Webmaster Tools' >> reports for my site and saw what is being picked up by keywords and feel >> I >> should re-name some of those old pages. For example, one file was named: >> epkrnmap so the contents aren't easily understood as being >> 'east_pike_run_township_map' I know my filenames would be longer, but I >> think changing them now would make it easier for visitors to find the >> atlas >> / township maps." > > Files names should only be changed if they have a space like so > > pretty%20flowers.htm > > and you should use dashes not underscores like so > > pretty-flowers.com > > ... of course if you know for a fact your page is NOT indexed... then > change > the file name.. however its really only a good idea to change a file name > if > you can then point from the old to the new ... and thats best done on a > unix > host where you can use a 301 redirect using the meta redirect is not a > good > idea. If you cannot use a 301 redirect then the best thing is to remove > all > the content ( which you should do anyway) from the old page put a link on > the page to the new page... using some good anchor keywords that describe > the new page .. and leave it at that. > > If your pages are spidered don't change the file names... let the page > work > for you as someone else suggested. > > Google guidelines outline all that i have wrote above... suggest reading > through them for some good insights into seo. > > hth Tina > F ree Expression Web Toolbar - Expression Web and Web Design Resources > http://frontpage-to-expression.com/expression-web-community-toolbar.html > Will work in FireFox IE and Safari - All the EW Resource Links you could > want > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 08:35 PM 1/6/2011, Patti Hays wrote: >I have a lot of pages that have the underscore instead of the dashes and use >google analytics. I also have some that have the name run together such as >cemeterytranscriptions? Should I just leave well enough alone or change the >page names? > >http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armpgs/index.htm ==================== No if the pages are not already indexed I would leave them alone. Just remember the naming conventions when you create new sites/pages. pat