Hi, I have a question about 301 redirects. I would like to redirect several dead pages to my index and however that is no problem I still get a 404 header code when I use redirect 301 /component/option,com_bookmarks/Itemid,74/mode,0/catid,5/navstart,0/search,*/ http://www.site.com is it wise to get a 301 header code or should I just leave it like this? I know Google eventually stops looking for it but yahoo is a bugger when it comes to dead pages they keep on looking for it and I do not want them to think my site is full of dead pages...url's that return 404 codes.... basicly my question is ... how should I make a redirect that also returns a 301 code? Thanks!
This is my current .htaccess file btw any help on where and how to add the rewriterule is appreciated... <Limit GET POST> order allow,deny allow from all deny from 206.145.80.235 </Limit> <Limit PUT DELETE> order deny,allow deny from all </Limit> # BEGIN mambo <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END mambo
RedirectMatch permanent /component/.* http://www.site.com that worked for me. I thought I'd post it since I did not get any replies. It might help someone else in the future