Scrapping a Website gracefully

[Lavish]

Hey guys,

I have a wordpress blog up at a domain I currently own and I want to scrap that and make it more of a product page now - still using Wordpress though. I know that my site is optimized fairly well for Google but I also know if I just flip it I'm going to destroy everything. Is there any way to change the entire page gracefully? I need to flush my current RSS feed and establish a new one, with all product pages etc. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Jay

 

[Houdas]

301 redirects?

 

[Lavish]

That will come in use for the future, cheers.

I'm talking about something different though. My pages are indexed in Google right now through the Wordpress Sitemap XML plugin. When I remove all the posts/pages and add a new theme, completely redesigning the entire site, my domain goes through the shitter. Is there anyway to do this gracefully so my new page doesn't get drilled by Google?

 

[Houdas]

I understand what you want, and 301 redirects are still a solution
Or, you can use mod_rewrite:

Redirect permanent /<old_url>    <new_url>

This way, the ranks should be preserved when moved from old to new url.

 

[Lavish]

Apologies my man, I'm still an amateur in this area.

I think I'm beginning to see what you mean.

Working with spa packages fashion designer clothing at lavish.com as the domain if someone was to enter that URL I just want my new page to display - in that same URL. From my knowledge, 301 redirects would be if someone typed in spa packages fashion designer clothing at lavish.com and it redirected to www.someotherpage.com.

Am I on the right path?

 

[Lavish]

Houdas, you were on point.

For anyone reading this thread - I got more information about this at Steven Hargrove : How to redirect a web page, the smart way

Thanks.