Q: After migration, do I update internal links or just rely on the redirects to handle it? Important one — relying on redirects alone is the slow leak nobody notices. Short answer: update the internal…
Q: We're moving our blog from blog.site.com to site.com/blog — is that worth the migration risk? Thoughtful question — there's a real tradeoff here, not just dogma. Short answer: usually yes, it tends…
Q: Should my redirects preserve query strings, or strip them? Underrated question that quietly breaks tracking and paid traffic. Short answer: preserve them by default, strip only the ones you know ar…
Q: I accidentally used 302 redirects for our migration — do I need to redo them all? Don't panic, and don't feel silly — server defaults trick people into this all the time. Short answer: yes, switch …
Q: After moving to HTTPS, why did some pages lose rankings while others were fine? Good eye spotting that it was uneven — that's a clue. Short answer: the dropped pages probably have mixed-content or …
Q: Our staging site got indexed by Google during the rebuild — how bad is it and how do I fix it? Deep breath — this happens constantly and is very fixable. Short answer: it's a duplicate-content nuis…
