Title: Changing ONE Permalink (SEO Question)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing ONE Permalink (SEO Question)

 *  [hellomatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellomatt/)
 * (@hellomatt)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-one-permalink/)
 * Hey everyone,
 * I’m wondering if you can help me with changing just one permalink. I mistakenly
   did not target/optimize the post slug for a keyword.
 * The problem is, I am getting traffic for this post (but not as much as I could).
   I am afraid that if I change the permalink it will result in a 404, take some
   visitors away, and maybe even upset google (?).
 * Is there a way to change this one permalink without causing any trouble?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-one-permalink/#post-1363225)
 * reading this article helped me once:
    [http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm](http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm)
 * read it and use it at your own risk 😉
 *  Thread Starter [hellomatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellomatt/)
 * (@hellomatt)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-one-permalink/#post-1363230)
 * Thanks alchymyth. I’m familiar with using a 301 redirect. I’m really confused
   though, because my post content is great. My title is great. But the slug/permalink
   is bad.
 * I thought of just creating another post using the same content and a “right” 
   slug/permalink but I’m concerned about duplicate content.
 * I wondered if there was a way to try to let the “wrong” post drop off the rankings
   slowly and then re-build a “right” post.
 * OR, if It would be ok to just change the permalink – this would be fine by me
   if I could be sure that I wouldn’t get penalized or discredited by google in 
   any way.
 * This question/thread is definitely in the wrong forum – should be in hacks or
   advanced. Apologies!

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 * Last reply from: [hellomatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellomatt/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-one-permalink/#post-1363230)
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