What is 301 redirect?

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  1. ntegrityit

    ntegrityit Greenhorn

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    #21
    301 redirect is a catch phrase often used in SEO where nobody really explains how to do it. Many people feel too dumb to ask "how do I do a 301 redirect?" because they feel they should just know what one is.
    Use a 301 redirect to move a site from
    www.oldurl.com/uncool/ (root of the old homepage)
    to www.newurl.com/cool/

    Best of Luck
     
    ntegrityit, Jan 16, 2013 IP
  2. josephjohn4556

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    #22
    301 is an HTTP Code that tells a requesting user agent that the resource requested has been permanently moved to a new location.
     
    josephjohn4556, Jan 16, 2013 IP
  3. kylerdeman

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    #23
    In the simpliest of technical definitions a 301 redirect is a permanent redirect from one site to the other site.
     
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  4. emn

    emn Active Member

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    #24
    301 redirect is also known as permanent redirection. It helps us to get the advantages of previous page which was redirected in terms of link juice. So, many a times, 301 is preferred in SEO.
     
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  5. shophia

    shophia Well-Known Member

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    #25
    301 redirect means one webpage redirect to another page. its a permanent redirection. with this technique you can also redirect the web page traffic to another page. when your homepage represent two and more url than create a canonical issue and 301 is a best way the solve canonical issue.
     
    shophia, Jan 16, 2013 IP
  6. Elfen Lied

    Elfen Lied Banned

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    #26
    As other suggests 301 is the permanent redirect from one URL to other. If you need to change the URL of a page as it is shown in search engine results, we recommended that you use a server-side 301 redirect. This is the best way to ensure that users and search engines are directed to the correct page. The 301 status code means that a page has permanently moved to a new location.

    But if you are thinking about rebranding or considering changing your website domain.Set up a 301 redirect from your old URL to your new one so the inbound links to your old domain will send the same authority to your new domain.It redirect which passes between 90-99% of link juice (ranking power) to the redirected page.
     
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  7. martinjohn337

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    #27
    301 is the best function of redirection.
     
    martinjohn337, Jan 17, 2013 IP
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    #28
    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.
     
    MarleneL.Haines, Jan 18, 2013 IP
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    #29
    A 301 Redirect is a permanent redirect which passes between 90-99% of link juice (ranking power) to the redirected page. 301 refers to the http status code for this type of redirect. In most instances, the 301 redirect is the best method for implementing redirects on a website.
     
    pradeep_thakur, Jan 18, 2013 IP