We get 80% of our traffic from discussions indexed by Google. People find our discussions though searches they do on Google. When I upgraded to the most recent version of JomSocial I immediately noticed a sizable amount of traffic landing on the "My Groups" page of our website, but no one ever goes there, so I knew something was wrong. What I found was discussions indexed by Google now link to My Groups page instead. We do use the My Groups page on our site. We really need to upgrade because we're still on 3.2.1.1 which doesn't let people reply to private messages. Have you guys tested to make sure discussions lead to the exact same URL when upgrades are done? Please help.

Hi, Rob.

Google indexes certain URL, if URL on your site has changed and visitor come from Google he/she may be redirected.
Could you post what terms I need search in Google to see what was indexed?
Try compare Google indexed URL and your present URL. Upgrades (a hot fix like 3.2.1.1 -> 3.2.1.3) doesn't change your URLs.

Hi MIke,
If I upgrade and leave the links misdirected for long we'll lose search juice and go further down in Google pages. I'll tell you what I'll try it again tonight when traffic is low. Can anyone on the team be schedule themselves to check it out?

Hi, Rob.

I fully understand that you'll loose in Google ranking ;)
Just trying to say that JomSocial doesn't alter your URLs... but I'd like to check my self... that's why I asked you:

"Could you post what terms I need search in Google to see what was indexed?".

I'm in CEST = +2 GMT and my shift is 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The rest of support members have weekend. So if you post after my shift end I'll check it at Monday...