# SEO issue: slug names for topics should never change on title changes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-slug-names-for-topics-should-never-change-on-title-changes/162580>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-slug-names-for-topics-should-never-change-on-title-changes/162580 "2020-08-31T16:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-slug-names-for-topics-should-never-change-on-title-changes/162580/5 "2020-08-31T17:19:36Z")

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This isn’t an SEO no-no. You’re presenting an incredibly contrived set of circumstances. If you’re worried that TL3 users will do this, make TL3 unobtainable on your particular instance.

This also isn’t a bug, the redirect and slug updates aren’t a fluke, it was engineered to behave this way.

> A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of Discourse.

Which clearly isn’t true for the above.

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