Best Way To Redirect Without Loosing SEO?

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    Currently we have a site www.brentwoodbusinesscenter.com and when you click on the "Blog" button in the top header it takes you to our worpress blog located at www.industrialspaceinbrentwood.com

    Since the link to the blog is in the top navigation I would like to use the url www.brentwoodbusinesscenter.com/blog.php and have it redirect to www.industrialspaceinbrentwood.com

    There are several ways I thought about doing this, but which one would be the most beneficial for SEO purposes?

    1. I could create the page /blog.php and put a simple redirect to www.industrialspaceinbrentwood.com

    2. I could edit the .htaccess file to redirect traffic using that file.

    3. Just leave it as is, not including the path in the sitemap
     
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  2. SearchBliss

    SearchBliss Well-Known Member

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    Use a 301 redirect (.htaccess).
     
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    jvfconsulting Active Member

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    It will be fine.
     
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    use redirect
     
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    Google recommends a 301 redirect just like SearchBliss recommends.
     
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    OK, confirm! You should use 301 redirect, you will not lose your rank!
     
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    I Think This is The best options Use a 301 redirect
     
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    301 is best way as SEO point of view.
     
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    301 redirect every time. Make sure you redirect pages to similar pages rather than to the homepage
     
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    I will also recommend to use redirect:)
     
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    Yes...it tells the SE's that the file has moved perminately to a new location on the server, then SE's in time update their index with the new file location.
     
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    I would think htacess would do the job.
     
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    I just implemented some changes. Will this 301 redirect work?

    In the directory brentwoodbusinesscenter.com/blog i setup an index.php page that reads...

    <?php
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
    header("Location: http://www.officespacebrentwood.com/");
    exit();
    ?>
     
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    jvfconsulting Active Member

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    OK, here is another redirect question...
    My friends website does not allow .htaccess files since its a windows server. What would be the best way to redirect traffic going from peterbrucephotography/blog to peterbrucephoto.com ?

    Currently I'm using the following technique. In the directory peterbrucephotography.com/blog i setup an index.php page that reads...

    <?php
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
    header("Location: http://www.peterbrucephoto.com/");
    exit();
    ?>
     
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    jvfconsulting Active Member

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    Seems like the method above is working fine. I just submitted all the sitemaps in my google webmaster tools account and they were all approved with no errors.
     
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