301 Redirects and SEO

sourcecode · 06-03-2009, 06:00 PM

Ok I'm totally oblivious to the 301 world and I'm going to be doing some reading up on this topic. My question is, what significance does having 301 redirects have on your SEO and is it good practice to redirect them to high PR relevant sites? Is it better to do that than actually have links on your page to the same thing? What are good practices for 301 and maybe even 404 redirects to raise PR if at all...

SummitBloggers · 06-03-2009, 06:15 PM

Typically, 301 permanent redirects are used when a page or entire site has been moved. It tells the search engines to crawl content from the new location and forget about the old one.

Most webmasters use 301 so they don't lose rank in the search engines, and also because previous visitors might have bookmarked links into their site. We have used it on some of our sites with good results, although Google will sometimes drop the pages for a few days, and then they return under the new domain.

If you haven't moved anything, then use standard links. 301 will eventually cause the search engines to stop crawling the page or site that issues the redirect.

CanadianChickXO · 06-03-2009, 06:36 PM

I don't think 404 have anything to do with seo. I use a custom 404 page on my sites just so i don't loose the visitor.

sourcecode · 06-03-2009, 07:06 PM

cool.... thank you guys.

I have a few moved pages on my wordpress blogs so i use a plugin to redirect to them. I wanted to make sure I'm not messing any SEO up.

06-03-2009, 06:00 PM	#1
sourcecode Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 64 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	301 Redirects and SEO Ok I'm totally oblivious to the 301 world and I'm going to be doing some reading up on this topic. My question is, what significance does having 301 redirects have on your SEO and is it good practice to redirect them to high PR relevant sites? Is it better to do that than actually have links on your page to the same thing? What are good practices for 301 and maybe even 404 redirects to raise PR if at all...
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06-03-2009, 06:15 PM	#2
SummitBloggers Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 62 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 301 Redirects and SEO Typically, 301 permanent redirects are used when a page or entire site has been moved. It tells the search engines to crawl content from the new location and forget about the old one. Most webmasters use 301 so they don't lose rank in the search engines, and also because previous visitors might have bookmarked links into their site. We have used it on some of our sites with good results, although Google will sometimes drop the pages for a few days, and then they return under the new domain. If you haven't moved anything, then use standard links. 301 will eventually cause the search engines to stop crawling the page or site that issues the redirect.
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06-03-2009, 06:36 PM	#3
CanadianChickXO Failed Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: BC Canada Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Re: 301 Redirects and SEO I don't think 404 have anything to do with seo. I use a custom 404 page on my sites just so i don't loose the visitor.

06-03-2009, 07:06 PM	#4
sourcecode Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 64 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 301 Redirects and SEO cool.... thank you guys. I have a few moved pages on my wordpress blogs so i use a plugin to redirect to them. I wanted to make sure I'm not messing any SEO up.
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