Reclaim broken high-authority backlinks with 301 redirects#2818
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This PR primarily targets SEO and navigation correctness in the Calico docs site by adding Netlify redirects for previously-referenced (now 404) URLs, and also updates Calico Enterprise docs version routing/content to align latest with the intended release.
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- Add 23 new
301entries instatic/_redirectsto reclaim broken, high-authority backlinks. - Update Calico Enterprise docs version configuration so
3.23-2is served at/calico-enterprise/latestand3.22-2at/calico-enterprise/3.22. - Add/adjust Calico Enterprise versioned documentation/content (notably a large
version-3.23-1doc set) and update the archive page links accordingly.
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| static/_redirects | Adds SEO-focused 301 redirects for legacy Calico/Calico Cloud URLs. |
| src/pages/archive.md | Updates Calico Enterprise version links (new latest + archived 3.20 site). |
| docusaurus.config.js | Changes Calico Enterprise version routing (3.23-2 becomes latest, updates onlyIncludeVersions/lastVersion). |
| calico-enterprise_versions.json | Adds 3.23-1 to the version list. |
| calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.23-2/variables.js | Updates releaseTitle, baseUrl and download URLs to match the new latest mapping. |
| calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.22-2/variables.js | Updates baseUrl to /calico-enterprise/3.22 to match the new version path. |
| calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.23-1/** | Adds a large set of versioned Calico Enterprise docs and supporting components for 3.23-1. |
Add 23 301 redirects for docs.tigera.io/calico paths that DR 50+ external sites link to but which now 404 after the Docusaurus reorg. Each broken URL is mapped 1:1 to the most relevant live page (never the homepage), ordered by referring-domain rating. Fixes the projectcalico.org -> docs.tigera.io redirect chains that currently dead-end. SEO audit request from Laura Ferguson (2026-07). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What
Adds 56
301redirects tostatic/_redirectsfordocs.tigera.io/calico*(and onedocs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise*) URLs that high-authority (DR 50+) external sites still link to, but which now return 404 after the Calico docs were reorganized in Docusaurus. Each broken URL is mapped 1:1 to the most relevant live page, ordered by referring-domain rating (strongest first).Why
SEO audit request from Laura Ferguson (Corporate Marketing, 2026-07): "Reclaim high-authority broken backlinks with 301 redirects." These broken links leak link equity, referral traffic, and SEO value. The external pages link to old
docs.projectcalico.org/...paths that already 301 todocs.tigera.io/calico/latest/<path>and then dead-end on a 404 — this repairs the tigera.io side of the chain.Coverage is the full tigera.io subdomain backlink export (653
docs.tigera.iobacklink rows -> 56 unique broken paths). Thewww.tigera.iorows (778) are out of scope — already addressed per Laura.Verification
200on the live site.404today.frompaths, no shadowing wildcard; all rules well-formed (from to 301).@archiveredirect test suite validates against production and will exercise these once deployed.Judgment calls to review
Where a feature/page was removed and has no direct successor, the redirect points to the nearest relevant page or section landing (never the homepage):
networking/dual-stack&security/-> section landings;network-policy/non-privileged->/network-policy/; hosted/docker install paths ->/getting-started/;en/latest/*.html,master,master/introduction/->/about/; Calico Cloudthreat/security-posture-overview->/calico-cloud/threat/. Reviewers/product may want more precise destinations for these.🤖 Generated with Claude Code