There’s quite a bit of confusion over 301 redirects and how they effect SEO and a sites rankings. I’ve extensively used permanent 301 redirects on both my own and SEO client sites and in this SEO tutorial I’ll explain how to use 301 redirects for a Linux Apache server and what you should expect SEO wise. I’ve NOT included a redirect tutorial for Windows Server 301 Redirects since they don’t use a .htaccess file like you use with Apache servers. Also note adding 301 redirects using a .htaccess file is not the only way to add 301 redirects for a website running under Linux, there’s PHP redirects and server side redirects added via Apache config files, so this is just […]
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301 Redirect Multiple Domains?
Hi, I set up a website a while back with the company name as the domain name which doesn’t really reflect what I do.
I have since purchased 2 more domain names with better keywords in them, can I just 301 these domain names to my existing website without having to actually create any content in them?
How to do a 301 Redirect?
I also use 301 redirection code, but i not use $sign at last of second line. Can you tell me why we use $ sign at last. Can it will compulsory?
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^stallion-theme.co.uk$ RewriteRule (.*) https://stallion-theme.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]WWW Canonical URL Problem!
how to retain other links in the site (after 301 redirect has been implemented) :
i want 301 rule to be followed across the site
for example, the below mentioned link should always read like this:
even if i type mydomain.com/foo/story/The-x-x-x-x/0012/ in the address bar, it should translate to the above link automatically.. currently it is not happening and causing a lot of heartburn for me :) can anyone please help?
WWW Canonical URL Problem!
SEO Dave
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Working 301 Redirect Htaccess
This is the only piece of code that worked for me to redirect non www traffic to the www version. I am so thankful, because I tried about 10 different variations from other sites before this.
But yours is the only one that worked for me! Yes!!!! Thank You!!!
How to 301 Redirect index.html
I need to redirect my page from “http://www.domain.com/index.html” to “http://www.domain.com”.
Please help me , how i write .htaccess file for this.
301 Redirect index.html
It’s the first 301 redirect example in the main 301 redirect article.
If it’s just the one webpage to redirect it’s
Add it to the root .htaccess file.
David