# Stupid Question 🙋‍♂️ How Important is a re-direct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [April 11, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-how-important-is-a-re-direct/55636 "2026-04-11T07:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-how-important-is-a-re-direct/55636/1 "2026-04-11T07:23:56Z")
Just finished uploading new different site… did a redirect in December 2025 Does it have to be updated? Continually? Thanx -Mike ---
**Author:** ![DazFisher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dazfisher/32/34385_2.png) [@DazFisher](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DazFisher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-how-important-is-a-re-direct/55636/2 "2026-04-11T15:55:31Z")
I believe redirects are temporary with Google search console, so as long as your sitemap lists the new page it should replace the old one once Google re-crawls and indexes. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-how-important-is-a-re-direct/55636/3 "2026-04-11T16:20:43Z")
I just changed and updated the legacy 301 re-directs… They were going no where as 60 pages changed name and position So - just to be safe - fixed them Thank you Daz - didn’t think about the site map update… It would have been conflicting information? Legacy to non existent address and new site map to new address? Hopefully it is sorted now… Thank you