Changing permalink & blog post title

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    electricia1 · Member ·

    I had to change one word in the permalink and post title –from “multi-year” to “one-year”–because of an error in a press release that was sent to me.

    I expected that the few links that exist—would no longer work but they do. Are there any repercussions that I can expect from having changed the permalink? For example, I see that both post titles are indexed on Google, though both lead to the correct title. Am I supposed to use a Google removal tool for the duplicate?

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Yes, there are MAJOR repercussions from having changed the permalink. HUGE. I would absolutely change it back if you have incoming links, otherwise those go to a 404 page and that will hurt you in search engine standings.

    You can change the Title, just not the permalink. That won’t hurt you.

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    electricia1 · Member ·

    Raincoaster, do you mean that eventually the links with the “multi-year” url, which go to the updated “one year” url now, will soon lead to a 404?

    I had to change it or there’s a hassle from someone because “multi-year” was incorrect. The incoming links for the one that say “multi-year” are mainly from Facebook and bit.ly. I just deleted the Facebook post and reposted it.
    I want to remove the old url from Google using the removal tool, though I’ve never done that before.

    if I post a link somewhere that has the “one year” in the permalink it will be good won’t it?

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    electricia1 · Member ·

    I just found this post about the Google removal tool on Time Thief’s site and that I have to wait for the 404.

    http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/03/21/how-to-remove-data-from-googles-cache/

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    timethief · Member ·

    @electricia1
    It’s up to Google to choose whether or not to honor your request. They normally do not clear their caches for 3 to 6 months and sometimes tit takes even longer.

    Relying on this breaking links and requesting “404” removals is not a good move. As raincoaster said above breaking URLs is something we must all avoid doing.

    I sure hope this works out well for you in the end.

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    electricia1 · Member ·

    This is a lesson in not putting a word in a url that one is not two hundred percent sure of!

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    timethief · Member ·

    @electricia1
    Remain positively focused – what’s done is done and we humans learn equally form mistakes and successes. Best wishes to you. :)

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