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Adding usernames to urls can be a bad idea too ?
Lets say for example any popular user on forums for example http://www.vbseo.com/members/juan-muriente/ requests a username change entire url gets changed this way :(
loosing high pr and lots of value in serps eyes.
Should we assingn numbers to profiles or usernames ?
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UserName Changes and VBSEO
This is a discussion on UserName Changes and VBSEO within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; Hello, Adding usernames to urls can be a bad idea too ? Lets say for example any popular user on ...
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11-22-2006 03:32 PM #1
UserName Changes and VBSEO
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11-22-2006 03:56 PM #2Senior Member
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- Keith Cohen
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If you include the userid in your user profile URL format, it will automatically 301 redirect if the name changes.
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11-22-2006 04:22 PM #3Senior Member
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But, if you want to make sure that the URL never changes, you would want to use the userid in the URL format, and not include the username at all.
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11-22-2006 06:21 PM #4Senior Member
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- Brent Wilson
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The 301 doesn't transfer the old PR though so you would want the id. Which is why I have went to all id's on my forums.
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