If I understand correctly, when merging threads, the source threads are deleted and their content is copied to the destination thread. This means the view count and search engine impressions (e.g., Google) are lost along with the deleted threads. Is there a way to preserve the SEO equity of all sou…

I think the best way to handle this is to setup a permalink. This can be done in /admin/config/permalinks (under the community section of the admin sidebar) You’d set the deleted topic as the URL, and add the new topic ID. [image] This creates a 301 redirect, which should help Google know where…

How to preserve seo equity when merging multiple threads?

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Jason_Hsia (Jason Hsia) February 26, 2026, 8:42pm 3

Hey @awesomerobot nice to meet you, and thanks for this info.

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