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Embedding killed my traffic - is there a fix?

LeftBrainLeftBrain ✭✭
edited May 2021 in Vanilla 3.x Help

Question is in the title. I'm using the latest Vanilla 3.3.

It used to be a stand alone, but my developer recently embedded the forum in my Wordpress site.

Unfortunately, that changed all the links (added a # in the link) so all the years of Google search rankings disappeared. I tried redirecting but that doesn't help.

Is there any solution other than dis-embedding the forum and returning it to a stand alone folder?

thanks

Perry, 44

PS. Forum is here https://chemistscorner.com/forum

Comments

  • BleistivtBleistivt Moderator

    How did you redirect? A correct 301 Moved Permanently redirect should preserve rankings.

    Generally, it is better not to embed, if you have other options (like making the header of your blog and forum match).

  • LeftBrainLeftBrain ✭✭

    I tried the 301 redirect but didn't work.

    I do prefer the non-embed version because it also seems to load faster. My IT guy wanted to go the embed route. 3 months of 50% less traffic convinced me to switch it back.

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