Technical SEO FAQ · Redirects, Status Codes, Sitemaps & Robots

What would you check after a large-scale URL migration?

Check:

  1. old URLs return correct redirects;
  2. redirects point directly to final URLs;
  3. new URLs return 200;
  4. canonicals point to new URLs;
  5. internal links use new URLs;
  6. XML sitemaps contain new URLs;
  7. robots.txt doesn't block new URLs;
  8. hreflang references are updated;
  9. structured data uses correct URLs;
  10. Search Console reports are monitored.

Google recommends preparing a URL mapping, implementing redirects, testing before launch and monitoring after migration.


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