What exactly is a 301 redirect and how does it work? Is it blackhat? Is it disliked by spiders? Whats the deal with this 301 redirect? Thanks!!!
What exactly is a 301 redirect and how does it work? If you have moved 'page1.html' to 'page2.html', you could use a 301 redirect on 'page1.html' which would send everyone who went to 'page1.html' to 'page2.html', this includes search engines. The 301 bit tells them that this change is permanent. Is it blackhat? No Is it disliked by spiders? No Whats the deal with this 301 redirect? Its the best, easiest way of moving pages/sites without losing traffic.
go to cpanel there is a "Manage Redirects" click on it, use the all site or a folder or a single page, enter the url which you want to direct to. use the permanent option, add. That's it
Check this article out http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm Basically you need to write the following line in your .htaccess file for every old page you want redirected to the new page. redirect 301 /old-page.htm http://www.yoursite.com/new-page.htm