SEO Question

[pwsolutions]

I have two old pages and I did a 301 redirect to a new URL (combining both pages too on the new URL).
Now I have pretty much 3 urls going to the same page.
Could that be bad for SEO?

yes.. if you talk about white hat techniques. 301 redirect is not recommended. that can hurt your rankings.

[VRI]

yes.. if you talk about white hat techniques. 301 redirect is not recommended. that can hurt your rankings.

1. The question was asked on 11-30-2005... ya think they might have it sorted by now?
2. No advice is better than bad advice.

[Gary Halbert]

Is getting confusing! I've read in this forum in other threads, not this one, that 301 re-directs don't hurt your rankings, but 302's will.

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