301 redirects are used to permanently move a site to a new location. Search engines do not apply penalties to 301 redirects the way they apply them to many other types of redirects. Canonical tag (or canonical link) factor can go a long way in helping Google understand which pages of your website/blog belong in major search engine results.
nikhil sniga, thank you for your answer! So, it means that if I change some urls of my site (for example, I replace www.mysite.com/design with www.design.mysite.com) and use 301 redirect, my page won't lose its position in Google search results? Thank you!
301 server code allow you to inform the page requester that the file he tries to access had been moved permanently.It can be very useful for both navigation and SEO purposes. 301 is interpreted as "moved permanently".A permanent redirection allow you to inform your visitors or search engine that a certain page , folder or the entire site moved to a new address..
301 redirects are above all important from the point of view of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). As it is the only server code that indicates the permanent move of a page to a new address, it is also the only code that is completely understood by search engines when indexing a site. Using a good server configuration, and well designed 301 redirects when releasing a new version of your website is thus crucial for your presence on search engines, and your potential incoming traffic.
Hello.. The 301 server code is the only code that allows you to inform the page requester that the file he tries to access had been moved permanently.By setting up a 301 redirect on the pages you permanently moved, you can easily give your visitors the better user-experience of your website.
301 redirect is a way to configure your website or web server, in order to indicate that some of your pages have been moved, permanently, to another location.