question about 301 redirect WWW and non-WWW

bookbuyer · 01-21-2010, 02:06 PM

Question # 1.
Regarding 301 redirects, are you eventually supposed to remove the page you're redirecting away from?

Question #2
Is it okay for a 301 redirect to stay in place forever, in the case of redirecting from a non-WWW url to a WWW url?

All my inbound links are to my www URL, except for just *one* link. This one lone link has made my non-WWW url have the same PR as my www URL. (Probably because this one link comes from a super-important company).

Would it accomplish anything to do a 301 redirect (mod-rewrite) from my non-WWW url to my WWW url? If I do the 301 redirect,would I eventually remove it? Or set it and just forget about it?

Thank you!

daveshu · 01-21-2010, 03:15 PM

You use mod rewrite to direct the non www to the www and just leave it - if you take it off later then you're back to square 1.

01-21-2010, 02:06 PM	#1
bookbuyer Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	question about 301 redirect WWW and non-WWW Question # 1. Regarding 301 redirects, are you eventually supposed to remove the page you're redirecting away from? Question #2 Is it okay for a 301 redirect to stay in place forever, in the case of redirecting from a non-WWW url to a WWW url? All my inbound links are to my www URL, except for just one link. This one lone link has made my non-WWW url have the same PR as my www URL. (Probably because this one link comes from a super-important company). Would it accomplish anything to do a 301 redirect (mod-rewrite) from my non-WWW url to my WWW url? If I do the 301 redirect,would I eventually remove it? Or set it and just forget about it? Thank you!

01-21-2010, 03:15 PM	#2
daveshu Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 85 Thanks: 5 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: question about 301 redirect WWW and non-WWW You use mod rewrite to direct the non www to the www and just leave it - if you take it off later then you're back to square 1.