> The site had some pretty strong links coming in, I made the mistake of
> 'redesigning' the site for easier use.  Almost all of my pages URL's
> changed because of my change of the permalink structure.  I figured
> Google would pick this up from my Sitemap... OOOPS.

> Even now according to the 'Sitemap stats' Google has indexed 319 URL's
> on the sitemap.  Status OK (353 URL's in Sitempa)  Last downloaded 15
> hours ago.

> The 'Not found' crawl stats have 40 URL's that haven't existed on the
> site for almost 6 months.  Only two of them have 'Link from' pages.
> They show 'unavailable'.

> In fact the now only 4 indexed pages from Google aren't even on my
> sitemap. Two are PDF's.

> Two more site are based on the exact same Wordpress theme and function
> the exact same way.  Although the content is based on their unique
> region.

> One site has no index from Google at all.  The other has 292 indexed
> pages (only 190 in the sitemap!).

> The sites have no 'goal' pages as they are more of public information
> sites, and yet they do serve a legitimate public purpose.

> The sites:http://bandittracker.comhttp://georgiabankrobbery.comhttp://bandittra...

> BanditTracker has brought tips to the FBI that has helped bring down
> some dangerous criminals:

> http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4603111&ver...

> http://karlkevilus.com/bandittrackerarkansascom-launched/

> The FBI in Dallas actually links to the site from their press
> releases:http://dallas.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/rewardoffer033108.htm

> I am open to making whatever changes need to be made to fix this, but
> it has to get fixed.  This site truly does server a public need, so
> non-commercial that there isn't even Google Ads on there (is that a
> problem?).

> PLEASE HELP!

> The important thing to remember is that when you change URL's
> the best practice is to 301 redirect the old URL's to the new.

> Otherwise the Old URLs will return 404's in the search results,
> Will disappear from the index and all value of those pages will be
> lost.

> if you hurry you can still fix this, Just implement the 301 redirects.

> However, at this point there is likely to be some loss and
> what recovery there will be will likely take months.

> BTW- Sitemaps do not direct indexing, they are only
> a supplement to the current crawl graph.

> When you change URL's, Sitemaps are not going to
> help or help much. They are typically more useful when
> you add pages, not replace URL's.

> That is why you need to implement 301 permanent
> redirects from the old to the new as best you can.

> Hope that helps,
> Abracadabra

> On Dec 2, 9:14 am, Karl K wrote:

> > The site once had over 300 Indexed pages to my site from Google.

> > The site had some pretty strong links coming in, I made the mistake of
> > 'redesigning' the site for easier use.  Almost all of my pages URL's
> > changed because of my change of the permalink structure.  I figured
> > Google would pick this up from my Sitemap... OOOPS.

> > Even now according to the 'Sitemap stats' Google has indexed 319 URL's
> > on the sitemap.  Status OK (353 URL's in Sitempa)  Last downloaded 15
> > hours ago.

> > The 'Not found' crawl stats have 40 URL's that haven't existed on the
> > site for almost 6 months.  Only two of them have 'Link from' pages.
> > They show 'unavailable'.

> > In fact the now only 4 indexed pages from Google aren't even on my
> > sitemap. Two are PDF's.

> > Two more site are based on the exact same Wordpress theme and function
> > the exact same way.  Although the content is based on their unique
> > region.

> > One site has no index from Google at all.  The other has 292 indexed
> > pages (only 190 in the sitemap!).

> > The sites have no 'goal' pages as they are more of public information
> > sites, and yet they do serve a legitimate public purpose.

> > The sites:http://bandittracker.comhttp://georgiabankrobbery.comhttp://bandittra...

> > BanditTracker has brought tips to the FBI that has helped bring down
> > some dangerous criminals:

> >http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4603111&ver...

> >http://karlkevilus.com/bandittrackerarkansascom-launched/

> > The FBI in Dallas actually links to the site from their press
> > releases:http://dallas.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/rewardoffer033108.htm

> > I am open to making whatever changes need to be made to fix this, but
> > it has to get fixed.  This site truly does server a public need, so
> > non-commercial that there isn't even Google Ads on there (is that a
> > problem?).

> > PLEASE HELP!