safe redirect of URL, 301 help needed :)

oks, so how do I redirect both:

/cars/
and
/cars to the new url? I managed to do it only with one way or the other like this:

redirect 301 /old/ http://www.you.com/new/

 

In .htaccess

 

this will only redirect /cars to the new directory. but when u type /cars/ it will give page not found...

and also what difference does make putting 301?

 

If you write 2 lines in .htaccess:

Redirect /cars http://yoursite.com/newdirectory/

Redirect /cars/ http://yoursite.com/newdirectory/

And it work ok.

If you need help, please, reply me.

 

ok I fixed it and did it like this:

Redirect /cars http://yoursite.com/newdirectory

without trailing both ways, it works :S

try:

www.sandrophoto.com/cars
and
www.sandrophoto.com/cars/

both redirected correctly

 

301 means a permanent redirect. It will help Google update its index and "figure out" your content is now located to this new address. Highly recommended for SEO as you can imagine.