PHP Page Mod Rewrite - Negative Effects?

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idotcom
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PHP Page Mod Rewrite - Negative Effects?

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Hi.

I have recently added mod rewrite to my site (yesterday) and I need to know if I need to redirect all previous urls to the new rewritten urls.

before, my urls looked like this:

domain.com/index.php?page=whateverpage&any=vars

Now, my urls look like

domain.com/whateverpage.html
domain.com/whateverpage.html?any=vars

So I have changed all links and url in my pages to go to the new urls. Google is already picking up these new urls. However, I just want to know this:

1. Is there any penalization? Maybe they will think the new urls are duplicate content.

2. Do I need to add a redirect mod rewrite? To forward anyone coming from old urls to the new ones? Which by the way, both old and new urls work. So I can still access old urls.


I'd appreciate any input. Thank you! :D
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