.htaccess rewrite VS 301 redirect

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    Hello, I had a URL like

    http://www.mydomain.com/old and I decided to redirect all visitors that were going to that location to the root domain. Of course I could have used a 301 redirect to do that, however I decided to use .htaccess Rewrite Rule instead.

    Was that a good decision regarding SEO? Or should I change it to a 301 redirect instead?
     
    lopes, Sep 10, 2009 IP
  2. WallaceYeung

    WallaceYeung Notable Member

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    #2
    i would choose 301 redirect rather than .htaccess,
    anyway there is no difference regarding seo IMO.
     
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    I suggest using .htacces over 301 redirects
     
    mitnitwer, Sep 13, 2009 IP
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    lopes Well-Known Member

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    #4
    I have researched better. 301 is the way to go, otherwise Google will see it as duplicated content.
     
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    arthur.x Banned

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    htaccess you mean mod_rewrite?
     
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    #6
    You need 301 redirection.
    But you can put 301 in htaccess
    like RewriteRule ^/old/$ ..... [L,R=301]
    so it doesn't matter.
     
    keym4k3r, Sep 13, 2009 IP