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Case study: moving a 22K-member forum under /forum - rankings - Sir-Vigu - 10-02-2026
Real case study: we moved a 22,000-member forum from the root domain to /forum while relaunching the root as a product home. Here's exactly what we did to Google — and what happened:
- 301 map first — every old forum URL → /forum/... with permanent redirects (2,671 redirects absorbed in month one).
- bburl + canonicals — one canonical home per page, no duplicates.
- Sitemap resubmission — new sitemap-index submitted in Search Console within 24h.
- Robots hygiene — blocked admin/cache/member areas, allowed thread/forum pages.
- Monitored 404s — weekly sweep; every new 404 got a redirect or page.
Result: zero traffic cliff, rankings transferred, and the root home started ranking for product queries.
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Re: Case study: moving a 22K-member forum under /forum - rankings - goldenreads - 10-04-2026
Good read while having my morning chai ☕
Re: Case study: moving a 22K-member forum under /forum - rankings - AadhyaMods - 10-05-2026
Bookmarked. You always find the good stuff.