Do i need a 301 Redirect if i add query parameters to my URL?

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    Hi there,

    Hopefully someone can help me out with this one.

    If you are adding additional query parameters to a URL, would you need to do a 301 redirect to keep the authority of my original URL.

    E.g.Original URL= http://www.whatever.com.au

    After adding Query Params = http://www.whatever.com.au/&pagename=Page&c=DFYPage

    Should i do a 301 redirect from http://www.whatever.com.au to http://www.whatever.com.au/&pagename=Page&c=DFYPage ?

    Thanks.
     
    Hotpsur8, Jun 21, 2008 IP
  2. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    As you add parameters to your url, it would be considered as a seperate and new url. So yes you should do a 301 redirect if the original no parameter url is no longer valid.
     
    webcosmo, Jun 21, 2008 IP