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title: "Can Changing a URL Slug Hurt Rankings Even With a Redirect?"  
description: "Can Changing a URL Slug Hurt Rankings Even With a Redirect?"  
author: "Deepesh Mishra"  
published: 2026-10-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/118098/can-changing-a-url-slug-hurt-rankings-even-with-a-redirect  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["seo", "URL structure", "301 redirects", "Website management"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can Changing a URL Slug Hurt Rankings Even With a Redirect?

I’m considering changing a page’s URL slug to make it clearer, but the page already gets steady organic traffic and has a few backlinks. If I redirect the old URL to the new one, can changing a URL slug still cause rankings or traffic to dip?

I’m also wondering how long a temporary fluctuation might last, and whether there are checks beyond setting up the redirect that I should make before publishing the change.


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