[Prestashop tips] How to keep Rankings, Old links in Google when upgrade Prestashop?

When you upgrade, merge a Prestashop store to higher version or move your Prestashop from a hosting to another hosting, the Pagerank of your website can be lost in Google Search Engine

Now if you want keep the Pagerank of your website, keep old links in Google, you must use 301 redirects for “redirect old links (old website) to new links (new website)”. it have many ways to do this.

But in this post, we will say How to use .htaccess file for 301 redirects to keep Pagerank when you upgrade, move, merge a Prestashop website. Using .htaccess file is simple, easier… than another way

How to move each links from old website to New website with 301 redirects?

Open PRESTASHOP_ROOT\.htaccess file in your OLD Prestashop website

Method 1: Enter this command:

redirect 301 /your-old-page.html http://your-new-prestashop.com/your-new-page.html

redirect 301 /your-old-page-2.html http://your-new-prestashop.com/your-new-page-2.html

…

Method 2: Enter this command:

RewriteRule ^your-old-page-1.html$ http://your-new-prestashop.com/your-new-page-1.html [R=301]

RewriteRule ^your-old-page-2.html$ http://your-new-prestashop.com/your-new-page-2.html [R=301]

…

How to direct whole Prestashop website with 301 redirects?

This is used when you change domain of a Prestashop website, so all old links’ structure of Prestashop website will be keep, you only change domain from a old domain to NEW domain

Open PRESTASHOP_ROOT\.htaccess file in your OLD Prestashop website

Method 1: Enter this command:

redirect 301 / http://your-new-prestashop.com/

Method 2: Enter this command:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://your-new-prestashop.com/$1 [R=301,L]

How long should I Keep 301 Redirects in Old Prestashop?

Our answer is Forever, or you can keep 301 redirects until  Google indexed NEW website’s link and removed OLD website’s link. You can use this command to check links that Google stored for any website

“site:your-domain.com”

Note: It must have quote in Search keyword

Will 301 redirects cause PageRank To Be diluted?

30x redirects don’t lose PageRank anymore.

How long will Google index new link of new Prestashop website?

It does not have a specific time for redirects, but you can use this command to check links that Google stored for any website

“site:your-domain.com”